Goalflashes and major incidents (all times GMT):

1356: Final score - Ivory Coast 1-0 Morocco.

1355: Morocco win free kick but the shot is blocked by the Ivorian wall.

1353: Three minutes of extra time is added on.

1351: Morocco's Hadji tries to get on the end of a cross in the penalty area but his run falls short.

1348: Ivorian Akale makes a run up the left flank but his shot at goal goes wide.

1343: Both sides are seeking inspiration, as the players struggle to keep up the high tempo of the match in the dying minutes.

1335: An impressive 20-metre strike from Morocco's Hadji beats 'keeper Tizie but sits on top of the net.

1334: Ivory Coast's Boka takes a throw-in but Emerse Fae miscontrols the ball.

1331: Ivory Coast grow in confidence and leave Morocco coach Mohammed Fakhir visibly worried.

1330: Kanga Akale dribbles past Moroccan defender in the penalty area and shoots at goal. But it was too weak to trouble Jarmouni.

1328: Bonaventure Kalou makes a run into the Moroccan penalty area but close marking gives him no chance to have a clear chance at goal.

1326: Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba is substituted for PSV Eindhoven's Aruna Kone.

1320: Referee Damon warns Morocco's El Yacoubi after he puts his fingers on the nose of Ivory Coast's Bonaventure Kalou.

1317: Morocco's Naybet stops Drogba from pouncing on a ball that could have caused problems for 'keeper Jarmouni, clearing it out of danger.

1313: Morocco win two corner kicks in a space of two minutes but their strikers were unable to be at the end of both crosses, which posed problems for the Ivorian defenders.

1310: Boka takes a free kick for the Ivory Coast but their move forward, led by Drogba, ended up in a Morocco winning a free kick.

1308: Ivory Coast's Akale is caught offside.

1306: Second half resumes, with Morocco taking the kick off.

1249:Half-time. Ivory Coast 1-0 Morocco
Despite dominating play in the first half, the Atlas Lions are behind to the Elephants, as a result of careless defensive play. Television replays indicate that the foul committed on Drogba - which led to the converted penalty - was committed outside the area.

1244: An unmarked Chamakh gets a free header for Morocco in the penalty area but Tizie, who has been in good form for Ivory Coast, makes another save.

1242: Morocco comes close to scoring an equaliser - after a goalmouth melee that follows a free kick but Tizie makes a timely save.

1239: GOAL. Ivory Coast 1-0 Morocco
Didier Drogba converts a penalty for Ivory Coast after Regragui pulls him down in the penalty area.

1238: Drogba complains after his goal-bound move is ruled offside.

1230: Morocco's Youssef Hadji, in front of goal, fails to convert a clear chance. His shot goes wide, to the palpable relief of the Ivorian defence.

1229: Morocco goalkeeper Jarmoumi comes out to make a save after Drogba -who is marked closely by Naybet - fails to latch on to a cross from the left flank.

1226: Drogba nearly scores the game's opening goal but his header is cleared off the Moroccan line.

1226:Morocco's El Karkouri runs to the touchline to get his fingers taped after suffering from an injury.

1223: Safri's free kick for Morocco, from the left side of the field, causes slight panic in the Ivorian penalty area before Tizie grips the ball firmly.

1219: Didier Zokora concedes a free kick to Morocco.

1215: Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba takes a free kick from 25 metres but it causes no problems for Morocco, hitting their defensive wall.

1212: Yacoubi's cross from the left side of midfield meets the head of a lurking Chamakh outside the penalty area. He heads wide, causing little problems for the calm Ivory Coast goalkeeper Tizie.

1211: Eboue takes a throw-in for Ivory Coast but tight Moroccan marking forces them to play the ball back to goalkeeper Tizie.

1209: Morocco's early control of the midfield causes problems for the Ivorian defence.

1207: Ivorian defender Kolo Toure's shadows striker Maroune Chamakh, thwarting a possible goal-bound move.

1204: Maroune Chamakh takes a free kick for Morocco but Youssef Hadji's header goes wide.

1200: Ivory Coast take the kick off in the second Group A Nations Cup match.

Team news:

Morocco's Abdeslam Ouaddou and Jawad Zairi are out through injury, while Ivory Coast's Aruna Dindane has left the team after a personal tragedy.

Morocco
1 -Jarmouni, 2- Regragui, 5 - El Karkouri, 6 - Naybet, 11- Mohammed El Yacoubi, 13 - Houssine Kharja, 15 -Youssef Safri, 17 - Maroune Chamakh, 18 - Yousef Chippo, 20 - Youssef Hadji, 21- Badr El Kaddouri.

Ivory Coast
1- Jean-Jacques Tizie, 2- Kanga Akale, 3- Arthur Boka, 4- Kolo Toure, 5- Didier Zokora, 6- Koffi Kouassi, 7- Emerse Fae , 8- Bonanventure Kalou, 11- Didier Drogba, 19- Yaya Toure, 21- Emmanuel Eboue