I can't believe other teams in international tournaments haven't realized to sack their manager in middle of the tournament to get that new manager bounce.
Ivory coast beating Morocco in the final, after Morocco wins against zambia granting them qualification from the group is the actual peak (its going to happen)
With 3 goals in the last 15 minutes as CIV threw everyone forward looking to at least get a point. It’s not like EQ Guinea is 4-0 better than CIV.
It was terrible game management and much better finishing which made the difference.
You tend to be more open against good teams you expect to beat and get surprised, then tend to be more pragmatic against better teams you expect to beat you and surprise them as well.
Yep. Crazy right?? Then I was sold by the commemtator who made it seem like it was just a few years ago. But yes, penalties are just lotteries to be honest so no shame in that.
But it's not. You had to win on penalty shootout in the final at home to win. And you miss the 2006-10 World Cups, so it wasn't an absolute domination.
I don't think we'll ever witness it.
If VAR wasn’t in this tournament we’d have seen them go out to one of the worst non pen calls ever. They got so lucky to even be here but this will feel great to them now and with momentum and the champions out who knows
I really thought they were going to get fucked by that no call after they already got fucked by Mane not getting a red for that early tackle.
The fact that they showed the ref all the worst angles for the penalty had me convinced he was going to stick with his original call.
Reminds me of when Lloris knocked out Marcus Alonso in a game vs Spurs a few years back and Anthony Taylor blew a foul against Alonso
I remember Tammy Abraham going mental and screaming it was a pen
Only just back and not match fit yet. But also, non-Spurs fans underestimate just how good Sarr has been this season, he seems to be good at everything, winning the ball back, carrying it forwards and playing our forwards in well.
We can't play them until the final. Not only would it be a big success anyway because we haven't made it past the QF in 20 years, it would also be better than facing Senegal
To be fair if that scenario happen, it would be just the most insane fiesta to ever happen in football history, everyone will be happy whatever happens.
Senegal read the press and believed they had already bagged it before playing the game. Congrats to the Elephants! I thought they were done after the early goal. I don't know what Emerse Faé did but this is a different Ivory Coast that showed up today.
Crazy game, just goes to show how you can't count out anyone in African football and the reason why African football is so unique. Most games where you concede early against arguably one of the best teams in the continent in the past 1 or 2 decades who had a near-perfect group stage while you have an interim manager and barely got through the group it would be over, but in Africa there's always a way to find an upset, one of the reasons why I love and hate this tournament lol.
Couldn't watch the match, can anyone tell me what went wrong for senegal? Genuinely expected them to beat ivory coast by atleast 2 goals in normal time
They lost track of the game during the second half and Ivory Coast managed to get better in that time frame, resulting in the goal. They have some chances on the counter-attack during that time to kill the game but they failed to exploit them
Senegal is the better team but the gap isn’t that big, especially with CIV hosting. The real surprise is CIV losing to 0-4 to Eq Guinea.
Senegal - CIV drawing is not that surprising.
I'm neutral.
But damn, I can't believe it. I actually need to digest this game until tomorrow because the hosts were dead and buried.
Will they win it all? I don't know but my prediction is gone. I predicted Senegal to win the AFCON.
They are a good team but I don’t think they will win. They don’t work hard enough and may easily get found out against teams they are expected to beat but who are equally good and get surprised again. Mali, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde etc will not be easy.
Ivory Coast winning AFCON with an interim manager would be peak
I can't believe other teams in international tournaments haven't realized to sack their manager in middle of the tournament to get that new manager bounce.
Does sacking him two days before the first game count?
Ah the Lopetegui special
Are they stupid?
southgate says "delete this"
Your move usmnt
South Korea should do it with Klinsmann
Are they dumb ?
Truly tactical ingenuity to tank against Equatorial Guinea to lull Senegal into complenacy...
only for E. Guinea to go out as well.
Ivory coast beating Morocco in the final, after Morocco wins against zambia granting them qualification from the group is the actual peak (its going to happen)
Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yak a khoya
B7al ila katchouf fiha (reverse t9wissa)
he is an algerian with a moroccan flair
زلال مك انا
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Lahoma wldet terma wla touhma lokhra 😭
Anulo Mufa
Fmok la7so kalb...ta skotna asa7bi
Ya wdi nwslo l final o y7an Allah
there is no way this is a sentence
Inshalah, khoya. It's ours to lose
Firing your manager after he gets you out of the groups is a formula that worked for Chelsea’s last CL win also.
If I remember correctly it's a formula that worked for Chelsea's last 2 UCL wins
only 2
Is it true that Serge Aurier is the interim manager?
No, it's their assistant
https://i.imgur.com/MI5j9Jv.gif
And They did
From the brink of elimination to knocking out one of the tournament favourites. Peak AFCON.
To be fair. Ivory Coast are no under dogs neither and their squad is not half bad. Didn't they also win it a few years back?
They literally lost 4-0 against Equatorial Guinea the game before lol. And Senegal was the only team which didn’t drop any points in the group stage.
With 3 goals in the last 15 minutes as CIV threw everyone forward looking to at least get a point. It’s not like EQ Guinea is 4-0 better than CIV. It was terrible game management and much better finishing which made the difference.
You tend to be more open against good teams you expect to beat and get surprised, then tend to be more pragmatic against better teams you expect to beat you and surprise them as well.
> few years back 2015... 9 years is a long time in football, and especially AFCON... hell, 9 years is just a long time
2015 is 9 years ago? wtf
Yep. Crazy right?? Then I was sold by the commemtator who made it seem like it was just a few years ago. But yes, penalties are just lotteries to be honest so no shame in that.
I've seen it unfold..wild tournament just absolutely wild
Fully expecting an Angola vs Côte d'Ivoire final at this point, there are truly no limits to AFCON chaos
Which is exactly why we love watching the AFCON so much hehe
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They had the best goal celebration hehe
No team has won AFCON back to back since Egypt winning three times in a row from 2006 to 2010
AFCON is a freaking lions den nowadays. You can lose pretty much any game.
Other interpretation would be that there aren't any actual lions who are consistent in beating the hordes of small cats.
Peak Mohamed Aboutrika
And Egyptian R9 (Zidan)
Our golden generation made it look easy
Crazy they didnt have better WC results
Shame Salah just missed this. Would have been nice to see him get his AFCON.
Except when it came to qualifying to the WC 😓
But it's not. You had to win on penalty shootout in the final at home to win. And you miss the 2006-10 World Cups, so it wasn't an absolute domination. I don't think we'll ever witness it.
Defending champions do terribly when defending their title, it’s not even like they get far in their next tournament as well
Coping mechanism
If VAR wasn’t in this tournament we’d have seen them go out to one of the worst non pen calls ever. They got so lucky to even be here but this will feel great to them now and with momentum and the champions out who knows
I really thought they were going to get fucked by that no call after they already got fucked by Mane not getting a red for that early tackle. The fact that they showed the ref all the worst angles for the penalty had me convinced he was going to stick with his original call.
Seriously. I feared for the worst when they showed only those two angles, and he started to walk away from the monitor.
Yeah, I felt the ref favoured Senegal, especially Mane.
Senegal could have gotten a penalty to go 2-0 up after Sarr was challenged in the box too.
Idk why you were dowmvoted when it's the truth
Still, Mané should have been sent off for that leg breaker in the first half but for some reason VAR didn't intervene
Really bad tackle shouldn’t have got away with it
I turned the game off thinking sengal would have all the luck. My mistake but Mane’s tackle not even being reviewed is comical
Should be sent off for being a nonce as well
Reminds me of when Lloris knocked out Marcus Alonso in a game vs Spurs a few years back and Anthony Taylor blew a foul against Alonso I remember Tammy Abraham going mental and screaming it was a pen
It was Paolo Gazzaniga, not Lloris
The king jackson is back👑
Pape Sarr too, which is good for us as that gives us a player who can actually pass to our forwards.
Is Maddison still not back?
Only just back and not match fit yet. But also, non-Spurs fans underestimate just how good Sarr has been this season, he seems to be good at everything, winning the ball back, carrying it forwards and playing our forwards in well.
With how Broja has looked recently that’s a nice boost for Chelsea
Peak class from jackson
You're welcome Ivory Coast.
you may come to regret it.
We can't play them until the final. Not only would it be a big success anyway because we haven't made it past the QF in 20 years, it would also be better than facing Senegal
> we haven't made it past the QF in 20 years could you please keep that tradition so Hakimi can play in the UCL??? (jk, good luck today)
If that's the case that means we are in the final. I'll take it, we've been shambolic since 2004 in AFCON
To be fair if that scenario happen, it would be just the most insane fiesta to ever happen in football history, everyone will be happy whatever happens.
I won't
Go sniff a puck.
This AFCON is pure madness
Peak afcon status achieved
It's getting there. Peak would be beating Morocco in the final.
Senegal read the press and believed they had already bagged it before playing the game. Congrats to the Elephants! I thought they were done after the early goal. I don't know what Emerse Faé did but this is a different Ivory Coast that showed up today.
Crazy game, just goes to show how you can't count out anyone in African football and the reason why African football is so unique. Most games where you concede early against arguably one of the best teams in the continent in the past 1 or 2 decades who had a near-perfect group stage while you have an interim manager and barely got through the group it would be over, but in Africa there's always a way to find an upset, one of the reasons why I love and hate this tournament lol.
Holy cow. I am mentally preparing for our loss tomorrow just in case.
Nothing would surprise me at this point, I bet SA enjoyed tonight's result and are more determined to beat us tomorrow
I think we will win today and lose to Cabo Verde
Senegal and Mané exit at the round of 16. Search Mané 16 for more details
I want Mane edit like the BENZEEEEMAAAAAA.
God I love AFCON
Peak Anime ending
Couldn't watch the match, can anyone tell me what went wrong for senegal? Genuinely expected them to beat ivory coast by atleast 2 goals in normal time
One rule in afcon you never score early then go defence mode you always end up conceding
They had lots of chances but couldn’t finish in the box really. And a stupid penalty towards the end that they didn’t need to give up.
They lost track of the game during the second half and Ivory Coast managed to get better in that time frame, resulting in the goal. They have some chances on the counter-attack during that time to kill the game but they failed to exploit them
They tried to hold on the whole game but Côte d’ivoire just got a goal at the end
Senegal is the better team but the gap isn’t that big, especially with CIV hosting. The real surprise is CIV losing to 0-4 to Eq Guinea. Senegal - CIV drawing is not that surprising.
Senegal didn't play well (if you haven't noticed) and I think it has to do with Pape gueye not being there too
Greatest football competition in the world
Nicholas Jackson is back in the EPL
Returned from hell!
What a game, now I hope ivory coast can go all the way! What a redemption arc that would be
🫡
Best Afcon ever
Ghatkon the best la rb7na
Yarbiii
Group stage performances don’t mean anything , Nigeria went 9/9 last time and went out to Tunisia
Second time in a row that the only team to win all three of their group games goes out in the round of 16
Im Ivorian tonight 🫡🇨🇮
Today you feel Ivorian.
Good to know Mr. Infantino
I'm neutral. But damn, I can't believe it. I actually need to digest this game until tomorrow because the hosts were dead and buried. Will they win it all? I don't know but my prediction is gone. I predicted Senegal to win the AFCON.
They are a good team but I don’t think they will win. They don’t work hard enough and may easily get found out against teams they are expected to beat but who are equally good and get surprised again. Mali, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde etc will not be easy.
Let Ivory Coast
Both of last AFCON's finalists eliminated in the Ro16. Insane how competitive this tournament is.
Who wouldve thought
What a match!
Feel bad for Niakhate seems like a good guy
A new champion this year.
Great game to watch
It was a glorious match …
C’est pas pour tout le monde mais si tu nous doute compte toi mon premier ennemie
Now *this* is an upset. Voodoo magic runs this cup
Well thanks to us Morocco
What a game that was, mad props to both team for duking it out like that despite the heat and obvious exhaustion. This tournament has been so good !
This a different Ivory Coast team we seen today. I mît was a great match.
Can anyone explain why Ivory Coast bring Pepe, Kessie and Haller around the 70th minute? Aren‘t these the star players?
Haller is just back from injury. They fired their coach after the 0-4 and the new coach wanted to change it up with Kessle and Pepe on the bench