Ivory Coast fight back against Gabon to top AFCON group ahead of Cameroon

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Ivorians to look Burkina Faso successful past 16 portion Cameroon conscionable South Africa and Mozambique play Nigeria.

Published On 31 Dec 2025

Substitute Bazoumana Toure scored successful stoppage clip for Ivory Coast who came from 2 goals down to bushed Gabon 3-2 successful Marrakesh and apical Group F astatine the Africa Cup of Nations.

Cameroon besides fell down connected Wednesday, against Mozambique successful Agadir, but a thunderbolt from Christian Kofane delivered a 2-1 victory.

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Defending champions Ivory Coast and Cameroon finished level connected 7 points and some had a positive 2 extremity difference. The Ivorian topped the array due to the fact that they scored 5 goals and Cameroon four.

The results completed the past 16 lineup. Ivory Coast volition look Burkina Faso, Cameroon conscionable South Africa and Mozambique look Nigeria.

In Marrakesh, Gabon rocked Ivory Coast by gathering a two-goal pb midway done the archetypal fractional earlier the title-holders chopped the shortage conscionable earlier the interruption to way 2-1 astatine half-time.

Guelor Kanga struck aft 11 minutes for the Gabonese Panthers, whose champion known footballer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had returned to France for attraction of a thigh injury.

The 2015 African subordinate of the twelvemonth scored successful a 3-2 nonaccomplishment to Mozambique 3 days agone that eliminated Gabon from the contention to beryllium among the 16 qualifiers for the knockout stage.

Ivory Coast fell further down connected 21 minutes erstwhile Los Angeles-based Denis Bouanga claimed his archetypal extremity of the tournament.

Ivorian Jean-Philippe Krasso netted connected 44 minutes aft being acceptable up by Wilfried Zaha, the erstwhile Crystal Palace winger recalled for the AFCON aft missing the triumphant 2024 campaign.

The defending champions took disconnected skipper Franck Kessie and Zaha halfway done the 2nd half, but Amad Diallo, who scored successful the archetypal 2 radical matches, remained connected the bench.

Manchester United winger Diallo was yet introduced connected 76 minutes, replacing Oumar Diakiate, who was walking a disciplinary tightrope having been yellow-carded.

It was different substitute, Evann Guessand, who equalised with six minutes of regular clip left. The Aston Villa striker was a precocious inclusion successful the squad erstwhile injured Sebastien Haller withdrew.

In the confederate coastal metropolis of Agadir, Cameroon legends Roger Milla and Samuel Eto’o were among the assemblage that saw Mozambique instrumentality a astonishment pb connected 23 minutes.

Geny Catamo from starring Portuguese nine Sporting unleashed a debased changeable that bounced successful beforehand of goalkeeper Devis Epassy and flew conscionable wrong the near post.

The pb lasted 5 minutes earlier five-time champions Cameroon levelled erstwhile Feliciano ‘Nene’ Jone conceded an ain goal.

Facing 2 unmarked Cameroonian attackers, goalkeeper Ivane Urrubal blocked the ball, which ran escaped to Frank Magri.

Magri deed the station and Nene, attempting to clear, managed lone to steer the shot into the Mozambican net.

Cameroon had the shot successful the nett again 10 minutes aboriginal but the scorer, Germany-based 19-year-old Christian Kofane, was ruled offside.

The teen made up for his disappointment by putting the Indomitable Lions up connected 55 minutes with a fierce changeable from extracurricular the container that flew into the nett disconnected the underside of the crossbar.

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