Two years later, Ivory Coast is putting its title back on the line. Winners on home soil of the last African Cup of Nations, at the end of an improbable scenario, the Elephants begin the new edition this Wednesday in Marrakech, facing Mozambique…
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Without being among the favorites, the fault is a revisited list and the recent withdrawal of Sébastien Haller, its star striker and hero of the last CAN.
Even before the injury of the FC Utrecht center forward, replaced numerically by Evan Guessand, Emerse Faé had been forced to make some strong choices. The coach thus recalled Wilfried Zaha, for the first time in two years, while doing without Simon Adingra and Nicolas Pépé…
A few days before the announcement of the list, the latter made a controversial joke about Morocco, which could have cost him dearly, even if Faé assures that it is not a “sporting sanction”.
Kick-off of the Ivory Coast-Mozambique match is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday, December 24. The meeting will be followed live on television on beIN Sports 1 and live with commentary on our website leparisien.fr.
