Ivory Coast has convincingly won its third AFCON title after defeating Nigeria two goals to one. Nigeria got the first goal in the match against the hosts in the first half. Ivory Coast equalised the game in the 63rd minute and Sebastian Haller scored the winning goal. Though they had the home advantage, Ivory Coast […]
The former Chelsea and Manchester United Football teams coach Jose Mourinho has praised the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the prompt use of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament. Mourinho says unlike the VAR in the European football, in AFCON, VAR has been used exactly the way […]
A number of referees have been sent home by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and won’t officiate at any game again untill the end of this Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). One of them is Gabonese referee Pierre Ghislain Atcho who officiated Senegal vs Ivory Coast’s game, his offence being that he failed to […]
Senegal 1 (4) vs (5) 1 Ivory Coast The Africa Cup of Nations defending champions Senegal ended the game against the tournament hosts, Ivory Coast in tears after a loss in a penalty shoot-out. Though the match seemed to be a walkover for team Senegal, it stretched up to 120 minutes only to end in […]