That is more like it. Wilfried Bony plucks a cross-field pass out of the air, spins and volleys a dipper from 25 yards. It's in...no..a great tip over the bar.

A referee dripping in what I hope is squirted water rather than sweat (he really should seek help if it's the latter) blows his whistle. The Elephants looked slow and cumbersome in the first 45. Surely they improve.

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twentyfourafterone:, external Pretty basic goal, but Rashidi Yekini's tap in vs Bulgaria in 94 does it for me. Grabbing the net in tearful celebration...

We are asking for your favourite goal by an African player, tweet #bbcafcon2015.

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Replays of that Yattara volley are great to watch. He volleyed and spun away to celebrate all in one movement. It was Torvill & Dean meets Mark Hughes, with some fireworks thrown in to boot.

No domination here from Ivory Coast's stars.

Remember though, we thought Algeria were going to be humbled last night and they came from a goal down to survive a penalty miss and win 3-1.

BBC Sport's Alex South in Malabo: Schools re-open in Guinea on Monday. Been closed since the summer due to Ebola outbreak. I hope they are watching this.

Sad reality is that the fans in Guinea will probably not be enjoying this in large groups due to fear of spreading the disease

Our man with all the African football nous is not surprised by this one...

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Naby Yattara in the Guinea goal catches a painful one from Wilfried Bony as the half draws to a close. The stopper had to sprint to beat Manchester City's latest acquisition to the ball.

'Sprint' is a useful word when summing this opening 45 minutes up. Not enough moments of energy - Gervinho aside - for Ivory Coast, plenty of vigour from Guinea and the net is still shaking from Mohamed Yattara's volley.

The Yattara lads are cousins by the way. A good second-half goalkeeping display here and this will be a day for the family album.

Another Gervinho break leads to a corner as the corresponding cross is cleared. Ivory Coast have wasted so many chances to get balls into dangerous areas. Their manager Herve Renard will surely demand better.

Cheick Tiote plays a loose pass out for a throw in. You get the feeling that if Guinea make half time with this lead it will be significant.

BBC Sport's Alex South in Malabo: So impressed with Serge Aurier during the World Cup but that's one to forget. The PSG player cleared it straight to Yattara 1-0.

If Yattara hadn't of scored I'm sure that would have been a penalty as Aurier looked like he handled it as well.

An instant show of urgency by Ivory Coast but a delivery from Serge Aurier in the wide area is turned behind by defender Fode Camara. His body shape is all over the show but ultimately he is in the right place to concede a corner and end any danger.

Hello. Hello.

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Guinea's white shirts swarm after Mohamed Yattara after he puts them ahead with a wonderful volley. A cross to the back post is headed down and prompts a penalty appeal as it hits an Ivory Coast body but one man cares little for such protestations - Yattara.

Left foot. It's a lashed volley. Beats the keeper before he moves. Seven goals in 13 internationals for Yattara of Lyon.

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Today AFCON descends on Malabo - the capital of Equatorial Guinea, but not for much longer.

It will be replaced by a city called Oyala - which is currently being built. Oyala will become the headquarters of the president, government, administration, police and military leadership.

Umbrellas probably sell well in Malabo as in the wet season (mainly July), an average 284 inches of rain falls. For perspective, the highest UK average is October where we get around 91 inches.

I'm sure if you had offered Guinea coach Michel Dussuyer this before kick-off he would have taken it.

His side have Boubacar Fofana sat in front of their defence and he is not having to work overtime to keep things at bay just yet. Gervinho is again the shining light. He collects a ball...inside left...cuts onto his right foot but can't get hold of it.

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Jerrim Rawlings:, external That Gervinho pace is crazy.

In 30 minutes we have seen Yaya Toure complete a 100% record for badly taken free-kicks. All four of his deliveries have found only a white shirt.

Ivory Coast have generally built their play too slowly but when they do inject some pace right now, Gervinho collects a one-two from Toure and shots at the goalkeeper. He was offside, but more of that and you have to fancy the Elephants to breeze this.

BBC Sport's Ed Harry in Malabo: Sunday in Ebebeyin felt like a day out at a music festival - this feels like international football with fans who really care. What a buzz around this ground .. and remember a lot of these supporters are here for Cameroon v Mali.

We will live text on that one after this. And speaking of music festivals...please can we see some moves like this later?

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Now then, how do you defend against pace?

Fode Camara of Guinea decides Gervinho's turn of foot can be well looked after by simply booting him up into the air. A clinical foul.

The free-kick delivery from wide is again poor though and Ivory Coast's size and power will not prove useful if crosses are that bad. Gervinho the best player on the pitch so far.

You may well remember Herve Renard's face. He is the guy who dresses like he is heading for a night clubbing when on the touchline.

Expensive looking scarves, jeans, open-collar shirts - anything goes. He's impressed with his dress though as Ivory Coast hired the man who guided Zambia to victory over the Elephants in the 2012 final.

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He said: "We have had a super training camp where the players were very receptive. For the moment everything is great but the most important thing is the competition."