Ivory Coast beat fancied Algeria to reach last four


Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony celebrates his second goal during their quarter-final soccer match of the 2015 African Cup of Nations against Algeria in Malabo February 1, 2015. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

MALABO (Reuters) - A Wilfried Bony brace and a late Gervinho effort secured a 3-1 victory for Ivory Coast on Sunday, sending them through to the African Nations Cup semi-finals at the expense of Algeria.

Manchester City’s Bony was the game’s outstanding individual, opening the scoring on 26 minutes after heading home a fantastic Max Gradel cross.

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