Vahid Halilhodi?, take note: if you cant defend, then goals are worthle s. In an enthralling encounter, Algeria toppled pre-tournament favourites Ivory Coast with a goal from Blackpool star Hameur Bouazza just two minutes into extra time. Karim Matmour had earlier cancelled out Saloman Kalous opener, before Majid Bougherra nodded in after Kader Keitas spectacular Starling Marte Jersey strike.In fairne s to Algeria, they fully deserved the win. After soaking up the Elephants pre sure, they started to dominate and should have scored more in extra time. However, the only outcome that looked po sible from the start was an Ivoirian victory. The fans inside the stadium barely had time to settle when Kalou gave the Ivory Coast Dario Agrazal Jersey an early lead, staying onside and latching onto a deflected pa s before slotting past Chaouchi. Les Fennecs, struggled to hold onto po se sion, and the Ivoirians should have been handed the opportunity to increase their lead soon after. Gervinho threaded a beautiful pa s to Chelseas Didier Drogba, who was scythed down by Rafik Halliche. But the referee waved play on; Halilhodi? was incensed.Blackpools Bouazza scored the decisive goal with only his second touchAfter their reprieve, the North Africans started to take a stranglehold of the game, and equalised just before half-time. A speculative diagonal cro s wasnt dealt with by Guy Demel, and Matmour took advantage to leave Boubacar Barry helple s.With the scores level, both sides were cautious to avoid gifting their opponents what could have been a winner. But sloppy play from the Ivoirians handed Algeria several opportunities, with Matmour the guiltiest having mi sed a Jung-ho Kang Jersey simple one-on-one chance. At the other end, Kalous bending strike flew just past the right post, whilst Gervinho fired high and wide after being put through by Didier Zokoras flighted pa s.Kader Keita thought he had won the tie with his brilliant effortAnd with the game on a knife-edge, it was the Ivoirians who thought they had moved into the semi-finals in the 89th minute. After a slick move, Kader Keita spectacularly blasted the ball into the top corner from thirty yards, leading a full-scale celebration the Elephants thought they had won the tie.But what they forgot was that there were still three minutes to play. Poor closing down allowed Nadir Belhadj to float in a last-ditch cro s, and Majid Bougherra glanced home with not a single defender in sight. And worse was to come for the much-hyped Ivoirians. At the start of extra time, a carbon Bryan Reynolds Jersey -copy cro s was thumped in by Bouazza, with only his second touch. Barry and his defence seemed cluele s. Kader Ghezzal mi sed two chances to seal victory, before the Ivory Coast nearly made them pay. Emerse Fae saw his effort blocked, before Kolo Toures finish was ruled out for offside a decision that TV replays proved to be incorrect.Kolo Toures effort was wrongly ruled out for offside in the last minuteHalilhodzic told BBC Sport, Is the problem physical or psychological? It cannot be physical because when you are one goal up with only one minute left, you just sit Chad Kuhl Jersey back and clinch victory. Algeria deserve their victory.Scenes of jubilation followed from the Algerian underdogs and their fans. For Halilhodi? and his side, it is just another failure.
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