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Co-hosts Equatorial Guinea got a late winner against Libya in the curtain-raiser....

Tunisia beat Morocco 2-1 in what I think was the best game of the competition so far....

Tunisia's second goal by Yusuf Msaki was a very good individual effort.

Both teams look very well organised, and I wouldn't be surprised to see both of them meeting again in the final.

Ghana looked good in their 1-0 win over Botswana, thanks to a goal from John Mensah, who was later sent off....

One of the pre-tournament favourites, Senegal, lost both of their games 2-1 to Zambia and Equatorial Guinea, so they will go home early....

Newcastle won't be complaining! Denba Ba will soon be back in the Premiership.

Another pre-tournament favourite, Angola, are out, their place taken by Sudan in the quarter-finals....

But new favourites Ivory Coast are looking very comfortable, and in the last eight on Saturday they will face co-hosts and surprise quarter-finalists Equatorial Guinea. In another quarter-final match on Saturday, it will be Sudan vs Zambia.

Tunisia and Gabon battle it out for top honours in their group tomorrow....

Gabon beat Tunisia 1-0 to top their group, and Daniel Cousin (remember him?) is having a good tournament for Gabon, playing the role of goalscorer and provider....

The most impressive team of the tournament so far, Ghana, will try to top their group tomorrow.

In the first quarter-final, Zambia hammered Sudan 3-0....

Drogba misses a penalty, but still scores a brace, and Yahya Toure adds another, to lead Ivory Coast to a 3-0 win over co-hosts Equatorial Guinea, and a place in the semi-finals....

Ghana had a hard-fought 2-1 win over Tunisia, and Mali edged co-hosts Gabon on penalties after 1-1 in full and extra time....

Roll on the semis on Wednesday!

lol you can see the mass of intrest in this compeition, judging by the amount of comments on this thread!

That's a shame, because this tournament has been very entertaining....

Brilliant strikes on goal (including Mayuka's 1-0 lead over Ghana today, which should take them into the final), wonderful goal celebrations, iffy defending, and hilarious goalkeeping mistakes!

Might have had more interest if it was on a different channel to Eurosport.

Sadly for me with too much football on the box, I only watch a limited amount of games in any competition.

Aidan11 wrote:Might have had more interest if it was on a different channel to Eurosport.

Sadly for me with too much football on the box, I only watch a limited amount of games in any competition.

Some of it has been shown on ITV4.

Aidan11 wrote:Might have had more interest if it was on a different channel to Eurosport.

Sadly for me with too much football on the box, I only watch a limited amount of games in any competition.

I agree, although, I am watching Hearts-Celtic now, I would normally watch only United and any others which took my fancy, like to watch Arsenal play when I can. But there is far too much of it on these days.

Gervinho scored a wonderful solo effort to give Ivory Coast a 1-0 win over Mali in their semi-final....

I guess it's a matter of personal interest. I found these two semis more interesting and exciting to watch than the first half of the Northeast derby in the FA Cup.