68th minute of the game – Ivory Coast coach Emerse Faé makes two changes: Bazoumana Touré and Evann Guessand come into the game for Zaha and Kessié.
62nd minute of the game – A very cheap attempt by Wilfried Zaha to get a penalty: The Ivory Coast attacker moves into Gabon’s penalty area and even minimal contact with an opponent is enough for him to go down. Referee Artan doesn’t fall for it.
60th minute of the game – The next chance for Gabon! And Averlant also missed the opportunity to increase to 3:1. The attacker is played to the left on the edge of the penalty area – and shoots immediately. But: The shot goes a good half a meter over the Ivory Coast goal.
57th minute of the game – That has to be 3:1 for Gabon! The “Panthers” combine nicely on the left side, then the ball comes to André Poko at the second post. He shoots straight away – but his shot just misses the right post. Here, too, there was more to it.
52nd minute of play – A somewhat slow start to this second half of the game. In contrast to the first round, Gabon knows how to keep the ball in their own ranks for longer in order to prevent possible chances for Ivory Coast.
46th minute of the game – It goes on. Gabon makes one change in defensive midfield for the second half: Clench Loufilou comes into the game for Didier Ndong.
45. +2 – Half time at the Stade de Marrakech. An unconvincing performance by the Ivory Coast so far, which was defeated several times by Gabon, who had already been eliminated, partly thanks to their own mistakes. Since the parallel game between Mozambique and Cameroon is currently 1-1, the “Elephants” would be second in the group behind Cameroon in the round of 16 despite the defeat. Nevertheless, the team shouldn’t rely on that.
45th minute of the game – Two minutes are replayed.
44th minute of the game – Then there is the connecting hit! This is a wild game now. Jean-Philippe Krasso is played by Kessié in the Gabon penalty area, he passes it to Zaha on the left, who moves into the penalty area, passes it back to the middle – and there Krasso then finishes confidently.
38th minute of the game – Bouanga again and again: The Gabon attacker leaves two opponents standing, but then misses the ball in the penalty area. There was more to it.
34th minute of the game – Phew, and Lafont’s next serious mistake right on the other side. The Ivory Coast goalkeeper plays a pass 20 meters in front of his own goal (!) directly into Bouanga’s feet. He tries it directly from a distance – but clearly misses the goal. Lucky for the Ivorians.
