African Nations Cup - DR Congo 3 Ivory Coast 1

The Democratic Republic of Congo defeated the Ivory Coast 3-1 to reach the African Nations Cup quarter finals.

The outsiders came through Group C with champions Cameroon and had played no preparatory matches before the Mali tournament began concentrating instead on fending off government interference in their squad which almost saw them thrown out of the competition.

They are now likely to face Senegal in the last eight.

Yves Yuvuladio scored in the 28th minute with a low drive and star striker Shabani Nonda sealed the win after recovering from influenza in Monaco when he scored from close range in the 66th minute.

Papy Kimoto hit an 80th minute penalty kick into the net with Kandia Traore scoring an 88th minute consolation goal with an angled drive.

The Ivory Coast squad were sent to a military camp afer their exit from the 2000 finals for three days of lectures from the army.