FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF

FT Saturday, September 2, 2017
Ivory Coast LWDLD 3
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Gabon DDDDD 0
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Stade de Franceville · 20,000 att.

Match Report

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Star-studded Elephants overpower Gabon

Ivory Coast secured an important 3-0 win over Gabon in an African region World Cup qualifier at Stade de Franceville on Saturday night.

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Head to Head

CIV leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

GAB · 4-4-2

  1. 23Yves Bitséki MotoG
  2. 5Bruno Ecuélé MangaCD-L
  3. 2Aaron AppindangoyéCD-R
  4. 6Johann ObiangLB
  5. 8Lloyd PalunRB
  6. 10Mario LeminaCM-L
  7. 4Merlin TandjigoraCM-R
  8. 18Louis AmekaLM
  9. 20Denis BouangaRM
  10. 12Guélor KangaCF-L
  11. 17Aaron-Salem BoupendzaCF-R

CIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Sylvain GbohouoG
  2. 5Wilfried KanonCD-L
  3. 21Eric BaillyCD-R
  4. 19Franck KessiéLB
  5. 17Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 8Salomon KalouAM
  7. 18Adama TraoréLM
  8. 6Jean Michaël SeriRM
  9. 7Seydou DoumbiaF
  10. 10GervinhoAM-L
  11. 15Max GradelAM-R

Timeline

  1. 39' Eric Bailly (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 53' Goal! Gabon 0, Côte d'Ivoire 1. Max Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eric Bailly with a headed pass.
  3. 59' Substitution, Gabon. Malick Evouna replaces Louis Ameka Autchanga.
  4. 70' Substitution, Gabon. Samson Mbingui replaces Guélor Kanga.
  5. 74' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Roger Assalé replaces Salomon Kalou.
  6. 77' Goal! Gabon 0, Côte d'Ivoire 2. Seydou Doumbia (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gervinho.
  7. 79' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Sekou Sanogo replaces Jean Michael Seri.
  8. 83' Goal! Gabon 0, Côte d'Ivoire 3. Seydou Doumbia (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gervinho.
  9. 86' Substitution, Gabon. Junior Assoumou-Akue replaces Aaron-Salem Boupendza.
  10. 89' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Yohan Boli replaces Seydou Doumbia.

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