Ivory Coast – Algeria: Rolled, the Fennecs leave the CAN, the summary of the match

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Ivory Coast Algeria Rolled the Fennecs leave the CAN

19:27 – Thank you

Thank you all for following us during this last match of Group E which will have seen Côte d’Ivoire crush Algeria and eliminate them from the CAN.

19:24 – Ivory Coast tramples and eliminates Algeria

It was the game of fear, the one that should not be lost and above all won at all costs. Algeria will not have succeeded, falling on stronger, much stronger than it. Everything could have been different if Bennacer had shaken the net rather than the post on a corner played quickly behind but fate was not with the Fennecs, as when in the second half, Mahrez took Badra Ali on the wrong foot but saw his penalty come to die against the Ivorian right post. In the wake of the corner, therefore, Aurier triggered an action by sending a pass over to Pépé. The latter put back on Séri who put him back in the depth on the right in the surface. In the background, the Arsenal striker served Kessié, who launched M’Bolhi no chance. From a post to a goal, from one destiny to another.

The Algerian nightmare then continued. Lacking realism like a missed control in Belaili’s race, when he had melted behind Deli’s back, Belmadi’s men were punished with a free kick. Off center on the right, 30 meters away, Aurier dropped his ball at the far post on the head of Sangaré. Having slipped away from his defender, the midfielder adjusted his header from close range to make the break shortly before the break. The Algerian coach tried everything by adding Slimani to bring weight to his attack but the start of the second half proved him wrong. The Ivorians increased their pressure and after two first alerts including a powerful strike from Aurier which grazed the Algerian post, Pépé, in all the good offensive shots, signed the Elephants’ third goal, with a beautiful inside left foot. Already seriously affected, Algeria was now knocked out, groggy by a scenario confusing itself into a nightmare. Only a miracle could have saved the defending champion then but it did not come. Mahrez’s penalty was pushed back by the post, then Barda Ali deflected a close-range header from Slimani, then slammed over his crossbar a Brahimi free-kick. In the meantime, Bendebka had reduced the gap, and prevented Algeria from finishing fanny in this CAN. In additional time, Haller added a fourth goal, as a final sentence, finally canceled for offside. Whatever, without glory or momentum, Algeria, said goodbye to its title, as in 1992. For its part, Côte d’Ivoire, collectively convincing, offered first place and a deserved qualification in the round of 16 , taking his revenge on his executioner who had dismissed him in the quarter-finals of the previous edition. From one destiny to another.

7:19 p.m. – “We won with style”

“Tonight, we won with the way. On the first, we win without the way. The second, we put the ingredients but we don’t win and there, a full evening. There was heart, desire and the determination to finish our chances. It was not an easy match and I will use it as a reference match.”, welcomed Patrice Beaumelle, the Ivorian coach, very satisfied with the state of mind and the performance of his players.

19:12 – A clash against Egypt

First in its group, Côte d’Ivoire is not varnished. Indeed, Serge Aurier’s teammates will face in the round of 16 Egypt of Mohammed Salah, winner of the CAN in 2017. An enticing poster between two major nations of African football.

19:05 – Equatorial Guinea pass

In the other Group E encounter, Equatorial Guinea emerged victorious in their duel against Sierra Leone. With this success, the stoners of Algeria finish second behind Ivory Coast and qualify for the round of 16 of the CAN, where they will find an opponent still undetermined who will depend on the results of the last two matches played in the evening.

7:04 p.m. – “We had a dispute with Algeria”

“It was important for us. It was a great match. We had a dispute with Algeria because the previous edition, in Egypt, they took us out and we did not digest. Today, we had the opportunity to get her out and we did”, reacted after the match Franck Kessié, designated man of the match, visibly very satisfied to have eliminated Algeria in the group stage.

19:02 – Kessie, man of the match

Author of the opener and very active in the midfield and in support of offensive actions, Franck Kessié was elected man of the match, after the victory of Côte d’Ivoire against Algeria.

19:00 – Like in 1992

It is not good to defend his title at the CAN for Algeria. Like twenty years earlier, in 1992, the Fennecs emerged from the group stage of a competition in which they were the outgoing winners. In Senegal, they had already fallen into the group of Côte d’Ivoire who had, there too punished (but in the first match) three goals to nil.

18:53 – Ivory Coast takes out Algeria

After a collective demonstration, the Ivorian Elephants made short work of Algerian Fennecs and sanctioned their huge shortcomings (3-1). Kessié and Sangaré had scored in the first period and put their opponents in a delicate position. Pépé increased the penalty at the start of the second act. The reduction in Bendebka’s score will remain anecdotal. Undefeated, Côte d’Ivoire finished top of Group E, when Algeria left the CAN, dead last.

18:52 – Goal canceled

The goal after Haller’s added time is finally canceled for an offside by the striker at the moment of the cross. The score remains at 3-1 but the mass is already said in this meeting.

18:51 – Haller’s finishing move

On a percussion from Maïga, who found a perfect relay in Kessié, the side deposits a perfect cross for Haller, who alone at 6 meters, comes to crucify Algeria by scoring his team’s fourth goal in added time (4-1 ).

18:50 – Zaha in check

The Ivorians take their time and scroll the minutes in front of apathetic Algerians. At 25 meters, Zaha unleashes a powerful shot that does not worry M’Bolhi.

18:48 – Additional time: 3 minutes

As in the first period, Referee M. Gomes gives three minutes of added time. The last three of Algeria in this CAN 2022.

18:47 – Kanon dispossess Slimani

Slimani is sought in the area and on a small ball, he is very close to opening his way to the goal but Kanon tears himself away to clear his camp.

18:44 – Algerians push

Despite the situation, the Algerians are throwing their last forces into battle and want to leave the CAN with their heads held high. However, the organizations seem exhausted and they abuse long balls which the Ivorian central defense enjoys.



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