Penalty agony for Toon ace in African Cup of Nations final

AGONY ... Newcastle's Cheik Tiote returns to Tyneside this week.

Published on Monday 13 February 2012 09:15

CHEIK Tiote’s Ivory Coast suffered an agonising African Cup of Nations final defeat last night.

The Newcastle United midfielder was in the side beaten in a penalty shoot-out by Zambia after they played out a goalless draw in Libreville, Gabon.

Tiote converted the Ivory Coast’s first penalty, but Arsenal’s Gervinho missed the decisive spot kick in a 8-7 win.

Zambia were 50/1 outsiders to win the tournament before a ball was kicked.

“This represents something enormous,” said Zambia coach Herve Renard.

“I know we’re not the best, but we have a strength and force that animated our team.”

Ivory Coast coach Francois Zahoui said: “We didn’t expect such challenging a final.

“This is a big disappointment for us.

“We didn’t have much luck, we missed the penalty in normal time, then perhaps lost a bit of confidence.

“We go back to Abidjan with not too much shame. I think we’ve played a good game.”

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Penalty agony for Toon ace in African Cup of Nations final