Tonight, Sebastien Haller was the hero of the Ivory Coast as The Elephants came from behind to beat Nigeria 2-1 to win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final at home
The striker, who also scored the winning goal in the semi-final, connected with Simon Adingra's cross with nine minutes left to complete the game in the second half and raised huge cheers in Abidjan.
William Troost-Ekong had put Nigeria ahead seven minutes before the end of the first half when the centre-back rose high to head home
Franck Kessie scored the equalizer in the 62nd minute from a corner by Adingra who was named the best young player of the tournament
Ivory Coast didn't have a good start in the championship entering the 16th stage through 'best looser' but later everything changed until they became champions
Ivory Coast won their third continental title with a victory they deserved
