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AFCON Host, Ivory Coast On Brink Of Elimination After 4-0 Defeat To Equatorial Guinea

AFCON Host, Ivory Coast On Brink Of Elimination After 4-0 Defeat To Equatorial Guinea
  • PublishedJanuary 22, 2024

African Cup of Nations host, Ivory Coast were handed their biggest home defeat after being humiliated 4-0 by Equatorial Guinea in their final Group A match.

The result means the country is staring at the possibility of early elimination from their own party.

Veteran striker Emilio Nsue scored a brace for the Equatoguineans with Pablo Ganet and Jannick Buyla adding one each to hand Nzalang Nacional a massive victory to get them finishing top of the Group.

Nigeria took the second automatic qualification slot with a 1-0 victory over Guinea Bissau.

The top two teams have seven points each but
Equatorial Guinea has a superior goal difference.

Ivory Coast are on three points, and their only hope now lies in whether they can rank as one of the top four third-placed teams after all group-stage matches are complete.

They are currently second in the ranking, but the other five groups are yet to play and they will only be left crossing fingers that results go their way.

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