First day without football Thursday at the CAN but there is never really a dull moment in the land of Elephants. While Ivory Coast enjoyed its repechage, the country for a time believed it would find itself with Hervé Renard on its bench for the round of 16 against Senegal.
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The program of the day
Still no match. Fortunately, football and CAN matches return tomorrow.
The video to watch: the program for the round of 16
Paco is one of the very recognizable supporters of the Lions of Teranga. With his colorful yellow, red and green costume, his two lion heads and his war cry “Senegal rek!”, it is impossible to miss him. France 24 followed him on a match day at CAN 2024, in Ivory Coast.
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In short
Fox with Elephants? : it’s the rumor that stirred up this day without a match! The French and Ivorian football federations discussed, Thursday January 25, the “loan” of the Blue coach until the end of the CAN, after the dismissal of Jean-Louis Gasset for “insufficient results” in this competition. Hervé Renard has a certain aura in Africa, double winner of the competition with Zambia (2012) then Ivory Coast (2015). End of refusal from the French Football Federation (FFF) which declared that Hervé Renard “will not go to the CAN”.
The Ivorians are smiling again: Scenes of joy broke out all over Ivory Coast on Wednesday evening after Morocco’s victory over Zambia (1-0) which qualified the Elephants for the round of 16. On Thursday, they had found their smile and desire again to believe in it despite a decisive match which will see them meet Senegal, African champion.
Sanction lowered for Walid Regragui: the Moroccan coach will be on the bench during Morocco – South Africa. Initially sanctioned with four suspension matches, two of which were suspended, CAF finally lowered its sanction to one firm match and one suspended match after the Moroccan federation’s appeal. As a reminder, he was sanctioned due to incidents that occurred between him and DR Congo captain Chancel Mbemba at the end of their meeting.
Africa’s news
No CAN news today but today’s Journal de l’Afrique is largely devoted to the results of the group phase.
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