Ivory Coast v Ghana: Michael Essien has been training with the Black Stars, after returning from injury and arriving late in Angola, and will start on the bench against Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast will be hoping captain Didier Drogba is on target having failed to score in the opening scoreless draw against Burkina Faso
Elephants coach Vahid Halilhodzic is under pressure to produce a victory after his team's stalemate on Monday
Chelsea striker Drogba is in the thick of the action early on, testing the Ghanaian defence, but blasts a free-kick well over the crossbar
The Elephants take the lead soon after. Saloman Kalou sets off down the right and squares to Gervais Gervinho who has the simple task of passing the ball into the Black Stars net
The pitch begins to cut up badly as Ghana try to get a foothold in the game. They dominate the last 10 minutes of the first half, but it is Ivory Coast who go into the interval in the lead
Arsenal's Emmanuel Eboue is sent off 10 minutes into the second-half when he flies into Opoku Agyemang with two feet off the ground, but Ivory Coast extend their lead courtesy of Siaka Tiene's wonderful free-kick
Chelsea's Essien, on as a second-half substitute, lifts Ghana, but is clattered by Drogba and leaves the field on a stretcher - he returns moments later though
With time running out, Drogba powers in a header following great work from Kader Keita, to put the Elephants 3-0 up and make the result safe
Asamoah Gyan scores an injury-time consolation penalty for Ghana, but it is the Elephants' Chelsea players who have the early bragging rights following their victory
Ivory Coast become the first team to reach the quarter-finals while Ghana must beat Burkina Faso in their final Group B game to also reach the last eight
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