Whoever thought that Ivory Coast would organize and win the AFCON 2023, talkless of their positioning in the first? The elephants of Cote d’Ivoire were luckily drafted at the last minute due to the score of the match of MOROCO VS ZAMBIA who ended 1:0 in Morocco’s favor, of course, nobody ever saw it coming. but the gradual step-by-step defeat, Senegal, Mali, and RDC Congo secured their spot till the final.
IVORY COAST AFRICAN CUP OF NATION CHAMPION 2023
Even in the final after 38MN Williams TROOST EKONG scored giving the advantage to NIGERIA and everyone knew it was done for the elephants until the game changed when in the second period Frank KESSIE scored at 62 MN and the game changed for good for YVORY COAST. the dream took another breath when at the 81 MN Sebastien HALLER scored and gave the advantage to COTE D’Ivoire that was all no matter how the green EAGLES of NIGERIA tried, nothing changed and that was all for the final.
Afcon 2023 teaches us a big lesson and like Hughes Langston said:
Never stop dreaming, if you stop your life will be like a bird with broken wings that can’t fly”
What are your toughts on that team of Cote d’Ivoire at the AFCON?