Sebastien Haller gets poignant winner and Didier Drogba leaps out of his seat as Ivory Coast shock Nigeria to win AFCON

Ivory Coast have won the Africa Cup of Nations with a shock 2-1 victory over Nigeria in the final.

Former West Ham striker Sebastien Haller scored the winning goal in what's proved to be a triumph against the odds.

Haller is the hero having made an incredible recovery from being diagnosed with cancer in July 2022, expertly guiding a fierce cross from the left and into the top corner on 81 minutes.

The host nation, who scraped out of the groups having lost two of their three group matches, fell behind in the final through Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong's towering header in the first half.

After the break the Ivorians came roaring back and levelled through Franck Kessie's header from a corner just after the hour mark.

The equaliser saw Ivory Coast icon Didier Drogba to leap out of his seat in the stands and wildly celebrate in the stands.

It was elation across the nation and the winner proved to be a poignant one with Haller's well-taken effort proving to be the decisive moment in one of the craziest AFCON's in recent times.

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