Targets from Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso gave the host nation Ivory Coast a deserved victory over the African wild canine of Guinea-Bissau late on Saturday night within the Ebimpe Olympic Stadium in Abidjan.
The 28-year-old Fofana, who plies his commerce with Al-Nassr FC in Saudi Arabia, opened the AFCON 2023 scoresheet within the fourth minute. He hit the woodwork within the thirty fifth minute and didn’t hit a brace within the match.
The Ivory Coast Elephants received the primary half with the one purpose within the carefully fought match.
13 minutes into the second half, Krasso doubled the lead, sending the host stadium part right into a frenzy and joyful temper.
The host nation's orange supporters stuffed the 60,000-seat stadium and adorned it with drums and songs all through.
Evan Ndicka of the host nation obtained the primary yellow card of the match from Egyptian referee Amin Omar within the thirtieth minute.
Moro Cassama was additionally booked for a minute to finish the primary half for a foul on Krasso.
Singo, Diomande, Sangare, Krasso and Bamba have been the 5 gamers substituted by the host nation.
Alternatively, Guinea-Bissau changed Cassama, Rodrigues, Balde and Mane.
Ivory Coast leads the Group A rankings on matchday 1 with three factors.
Nigeria's Tremendous Eagles will face Equatorial Guinea tomorrow at 3:00 PM (UTC+1).
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