Violence broke out in Abidjan on Monday evening after the country’s football team, the Elephant of Cote d’Ivoire lost 4-0 to Equatorial Guinea, to put their chances of qualifying to the knockout stages of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in jeopardy.
The two-time champions now must endure a nervy wait to determine if they will advance to the last 16 as one of the four best third-placed teams.
Despite a multitude of missed opportunities for the home team, Equatorial Guinea’s Emilio Nsue opened the scoring before the break, and Pablo Ganet unleashed a brilliant free kick after it. Two minutes before the end, Nsue, capped his performance with his fifth goal of the tournament.
THIS IS SAD!!
— MR OLAWALE QUADRY 🇳🇬 (@QualityQuadry) January 23, 2024
Frustrated Cote D'ivoire 🇨🇮 fans yesterday destroying properties & attacking people after the heavy loss to Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶.
This is utterly unacceptable.
CAF to sanction them, they with heavy fine & next game should be behind closed doors if qualify. pic.twitter.com/TTLQ9Z3Pd9
In a video seen by Completesports.com on social media, the body of a bus apparently forced to be abandoned as a result of the violence was riddled with holes
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