While waiting for the CAN 2024 semi-finals, it’s a day without football in Ivory Coast. The opportunity to return to the post-qualification party scenes of the Ivorians and share with you the latest reactions.
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The program of the day
Another day of rest at the African Cup of Nations. Two more sleeps before the semi-finals.
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For former Ivorian internationals, the 34th African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast is a major opportunity to warn young Ivorian football talents tempted by illegal emigration to Europe. Report by our correspondent, M’ma Camara
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Video of the day: CAN photos
The CAN has been in full swing for 24 days now. If you follow us, you know that we never miss an opportunity to brush aside the clichés that often accompany this major event in African football. France 24 interviewed sports journalists to sort out the truth from the falsehood.
![CAN 2024: empty stadiums, folkloric organization... clichés or reality?](https://s.france24.com/media/display/7446c8da-c3a2-11ee-9c10-005056a97e36/w:980/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"FR","program":"","cartouche":"","hash":"646d143676092936bd6bf8161b716ac47f52a3b84238dd534140ea30c87da020","title":"Les%20clich%C3%A9s%20de%20la%20CAN","id":"370459ea-9cdb-11ed-b690-005056bf30b7"}/Capture%20d%E2%80%99e%CC%81cran%202024-02-04%20a%CC%80%2022.07.33.webp)
In short
Double semi-final remake: the semi-final posters will speak to connoisseurs of African football. The first between Nigeria and South Africa is quite simply the same poster as the last one played by Bafana Bafana in 2000. At the time, Jay-Jay Okocha’s Super Eagles won 3 to 1 before losing in the final against Cameroon.
The other confrontation of the last four brings back more recent memories. On their way to their coronation in 2015, Ivory Coast had already found DR Congo on their way. The Elephants won 3-1 before beating Ghana on penalties in the final.
Nigeria, ace of the last four: in total, Nigeria will play the 16th semi-final of the CAN. A record on the continent. The Super Eagles have even played more than Egypt, the seven-time defending champion. Now it’s about getting the 4th star.
Today’s statement
Eric Chelle, a bitter coach after the elimination of Mali: “I said that I hoped that it would not come down to refereeing errors, we have to admit that yes… Yes, I am a bad loser.”
![Serge Aurier, captain of Ivory Coast](https://s.france24.com/media/display/e63973d8-c2f9-11ee-93e3-005056bfb2b6/w:980/p:16x9/m:{"brand":"FRANCE24","lang":"FR","program":"","cartouche":"","hash":"0b083bf95b520e429c653c55ab093ed1326b7cf55ecda82963b5f6cb627e0e73","title":"R%C3%A9actions%20des%20%C3%89l%C3%A9phants%20apr%C3%A8s%20le%20match%20face%20au%20Mali","id":"370459ea-9cdb-11ed-b690-005056bf30b7"}/aurier%204.webp)
Picture of the day
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