Africa Cup of Nations host nation Ivory Coast has fired coach Jean-Louis Gasset halfway by means of the match, the nation's soccer federation (FIF) introduced on Wednesday.
“The contracts of coach Jean-Louis Gasset and his assistant Ghislain Printant are terminated attributable to inadequate outcomes,” the FIF stated in a press release.
The Ivorians suffered an embarrassing 4-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea of their final match in Group A on Monday.
The 2-time champions want outcomes to work of their favor in Wednesday's remaining group matches to succeed in the knockout levels as one of many prime 4 third-placed groups.
Ivory Coast had solely managed to get out of the group stage as soon as within the earlier 9 editions of the match, in 2017.
If Ivory Coast does attain the final 16, Emerse Fae, one in all Gasset's assistants, will take over as interim boss till the tip of the match.
Frenchman Gasset had been in cost since Might 2022 however paid the worth for consecutive group defeats to Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria after a gap 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau.
There are nonetheless a number of situations in Teams E and F that may ship Ivory Coast by means of.
A win for World Cup semi-finalists Morocco of their remaining Group F match towards Zambia would safe Ivory Coast's place within the subsequent spherical.
Gasset had indicated after Monday's match that he would meet FIF president Yacine Idriss Diallo to debate his future.
“When you’ve such a situation, which borders on a nightmare, there’s not a lot you possibly can say or do,” Gasset stated after the match.
The end result was the nation's heaviest dwelling defeat ever.
Gasset had his first worldwide teaching job, having spent the remainder of his profession in France.
His former groups embody Montpellier, Bordeaux and Saint-Etienne.
