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25.01.2010 00:38

Touré packs his suitcases

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Touré Yayá is heading back to Barcelona after his Ivory Coast side was knocked out of the Africa Cup in the quarterfinals by Algeria. The Algerians needed extra time to run out 3-2 winners.

Touré’s dream of winning the Africa Cup has ended after Algeria dumped the favourites out of the competition, winning an exciting quarterfinal 3-2 after extra time. Touré played the full 120 minutes of the match.

Extra time

Ivory Coast made a perfect start when Salomon Kalou scored after just 4 minutes. Algeria equalized just before the break through Karim Matmour.

The score line remained 1-1 until a minute before the final whistle Keita scored to make it 2-1 for Ivory Coast. However, Algeria hit back immediately through
Bouguerra to send the match into extra time.

Bouguerra makes it a brace

The first half of extra time had barely got underway when Bouguerra scored his second to put Algeria 3-2 ahead – the first time they had lead throughout the game. Both sides had their chances to add to their goal tally but the score line stayed unchanged to send Algeria through to the semis and disappoint one of the tournament favourites.