Published on 23.01.2024
Ivory Coast are on the verge of making an early exit from their home Africa Cup of Nations.
The 2023 tournament hosts face an anxious wait now this week to see if there is any possibility of still reaching the last 16 after falling to a humiliating 4-0 loss at the hands of Equatorial Guinea as Group A drew to a stunning conclusion on yesterday night’s match.
It was the heaviest home defeat in their history for Ivory Coast, whose dreadful -3 goal difference may now surely prevent them from scraping through to the knockout rounds as one of the final best four third-place finishers at AFCON.
Equatorial Guinea advance as group winners, meanwhile, ahead of Nigeria on goal difference after the Super Eagles beat minnows Guinea-Bissau 1-0 on Monday.
Equatorial Guinea produced the biggest upset in Africa Cup of Nations history with a 4-0 thumping of hosts Ivory Coast on Monday that put the small country into the round of 16 as Group A winners and left the hosts facing potential elimination.
