whistle too early. this was the games only goal, ibrahima koney put mali 1—0 up early into the second half. tunisia saw a penalty saved with 15 minutes to play before chaos ensued. the referee first mistakenly blew for full—time with the clock on 85 minutes, to much anger from the tunisian bench. play resumed before the referee again brought the match to a close just before the 90 minutes were up, and hadn't even taken into account a considerable amount of time that should have been added on for stoppages. it was only when the post match news conferences were underway that tournamanet officials ordered the game should be finished with a minutes still to play. mali came back out, tunisia refused, with many of their players already changed and so mali were given the win. no such issues as ivory coast moved to the top of group e after their 1—0 win over equatorial guinea. max—alain gradel blasting his side ahead in the 5th minute.