Host nation of AFCON 2023, Ivory Coast have secured a 2-0 win in the first match of the tournament over the African wild dogs of Guinea Bissau on Saturday night at the Olympic Stadium Ebimpe in Abidjan.
Ivory Coast’s Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso scored the two goals of the match that separated the two sides.
In the fourth minute, Fofana who plies his trade with Al-Nassr FC in Saudi Arabia opened the AFCON 2023 scoring chart.
Fofana, 28, also failed to score a brace in the tournament after hitting the woodwork in the 35th minute.
first half ended with a goal in the highly competitive match while Krasso doubled the lead in the13 minutes into the second half.
Supporters and fans of the Ivory Coast team were easily identified in the 60,000-seater stadium as they went into jubilation mood after the second goal was scored.
The Elephants of Ivory Coast have grabbed three points and topped Group A table after the first win.
The Super Eagles of Nigeria face Equatorial Guinea tomorrow at 3pm (UTC+1).
