Full time and the whistle is gone, MALI 3-1 GHANA. Now Mali heads for the Bronze Medal.
The Eagles swept past their more illustrious opponents with a confident performance in Port Elizabeth to seal third-place in the competition thanks to goals from Samassa, Keita and Diarra. Asamoah had set up a tense final with a goal late on that briefly made it 2-1, before Diarra sealed the victory with a well-taken volley in added time.
It is the second successive year that Mali have finished third in the African Cup of Nations.
Ghana should have actually thrown men forward if they had really wanted to makeit in this round of the match.
During the 48″ Seydou Keita extends Mali’sopportunities by netting another goalmaking it 2 – 0.
The Mali legend sweeps home a confident finish from 10 yards to make it 2-0 after connecting sweetly with Coulibaly’s cross from the right.
The Juventus player hited a hopeful drive at goal from 25 yards that Diakite should deal with comfortably.
However, the Mali keeper makes a complete mess of parrying the shot and ends up palming it into his own net. A shocking error could have handed Ghana a 
lifeline here.
90″ +4 Goal by Sigamary Diarra for Mali
82′ Goal by Kwadwo Asamoah for Ghana
48″ Goal by Seydou Keita for Mali
46″ Yellow Card booked by Adama Tamboura for Mali
Mali Ghana
50% Possesion 50%
8 (5) Shots (on goal) 13 (4)
15 Fouls 14
2 Corner kicks 6
1 Off-sides 1
5 Saves 3
1 Yellow cards 3
– Red cards –
The linesman made theMalians do away with a goalwhich was scored by the Captain Seydou Keita, which slotted his shot past Dauda, goalie for the Ghanaian side.
There were fouls upon fouls which were observed by the referee but refused booking as m
ost of the fouls required yellow cards.
Ghana seemed to give up during the 77″ as their Captain and Star player Asamoah Gyan was substituted for Emmanuel Clottey.
Ghana have gone far froma 31 years without a title at the senior level on the continent.
The refereelooked so desperate to be the centre of attraction and attention on the pitch and it was so ridiculous exaggerating all he was doing at the moment,which was a bit strange.
Lineup for Mali: Samassa, Diawara, Tamboura, Wague, N’Diaye, C. Diarra, Keita, K. Traore, M. Traore, S. Diarra, Diabate
Lineup for Ghana: Dauda, Afful, Vorsah, Boye, Asamoah, Boateng, Asante, Badu, Atsu, Wakaso, Gyan
Goals Mali vs. Ghana
3 Mali – 1 Ghana
21″ Mamadou Samassa 82″ Kwadwo Asamoah
48″ Seydou Keita
90+4″ Sigamary Diarra
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