The 2024 Africa Cup of Nations began this Saturday, January 13 with the opening match between Ivory Coast, host country, and Guinea-Bissau. Here are the complete results of CAN 2024 for this day.
After a magnificent opening ceremony with the presence of French artists Dadju and Tayc who ignited the public, Ivory Coast faced Guinea-Bissau at the Ebimpé Olympic Stadium. Former Lens player Seko Fofana, who now plays for Al-Nassr, opened the scoring in the 4th minute with a superb curling shot, his specialty.
Despite some absences in defense and a lack of efficiency in attack, the Elephants finally doubled the lead in the 58th minute thanks to former AS Saint-Etienne striker Jean-Philippe Krasso, who scored with a beautiful acrobatic recovery. Fofana, after seeing another of his shots hit the bar thanks to Ouparine Djoco, was logically named man of the match. See you on Sunday at 3 a.m. for the other Group A match between Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea. On Thursday, the Ivorians will face the Super Eagles in the clash of the 2nd day.
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4 minutes into the game, Seko Fofana is the first (Top) but of this #CAN2023 !
A sumptuous wrapped strike! pic.twitter.com/qn1gCupwVg
– beIN SPORTS (@beinsports_FR) January 13, 2024