Flavio 37, 42            Keita 79, 90 + 3

                                                                                            Gilberto 66 (pen)     Kanoute 88

                                                                                            Manucho 73 (pen)   Yatabare 90 + 4

Mali pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in international football history to give the 2010 African Nations Cup the most dramatic possible start.

Two first-half headers from Flavio, and two second-half penalties from Gilberto and Manucho appeared to have given the Palancas Negras an unassailable lead.

A 79^th minute scrambled effort from Seydou Keita and Frederic Kanoute’s 88^th minute header lifted the previously ineffective Malians.

And, against a tiring Angola defence, Keita added his second goal and Mustapha Yatabare equalised with sixty seconds of stoppage time remaining.