It’s not necessarily a “Highway to Hell” if you finish third in the group. In the week in which the songs end up trending on social media, we might as well propose the musical combination to describe what (not) the path of the Ivory Coast has been in the Africa Cup of Nations that it is hosting. No, no highway to Hell, despite many factors suggesting it: the sacking of the coach at the end of the group stage after the dramatic 0-4 against Equatorial Guinea, for example. Or the match with defending champion Senegal in the round of 16. After having only achieved third place in the group. And instead Ivory Coast experienced an ascent towards Paradise. The exact opposite. Demonstrating that, even finishing only among the best thirds, it can certainly happen that you reach the final. Italy knows this well, having experienced one of its most absurd World Cups just thirty years ago. But not only that: in the Asian Cup there is a lot of talk about the Jordan fairy tale. And again: Portugal at Euro 2016, Argentina at Italia ’90, even Paraguay, Peru and Mexico in editions of the America’s Cup that are among the most surprising ever. Here’s who reached the final starting from a sad third place in the group. With a warning to sailors, however: in six out of seven cases, the “miracle” still lost the last challenge.