The Cote d’Ivoire national football team, the Elephants, kicked off the 2023 AFCON tournament with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Equatorial Guinea. The two goals, one in each half, from Sekou Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso, ensured the hosts got off on the best possible footing.
The 60,000-capacity Stade Alassane Ouattara was bedecked in orange as the Elephants started confidently and took the lead within five minutes from Fofana, who fired a beautiful rasper past Ouparine Djoco.
Wilfried Singo came close to adding a second in the ninth minute, but his header went wide.
