Ivory Coast knocks out defending champions Senegal on penalties to achieve quarterfinals

 Host nation, Ivory Coast have knocked out the defending champions Senegal to achieve the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations.

The spherical of 16 tie on Monday, January 30,  completed in a 1 – 1 draw nevertheless it was Ivory Coast who had been victorious within the penalty shootout.

Ivory Coast made it to the spherical of 16 as among the best third-placed groups of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).  They are going to face Cape Verde within the quarterfinals.