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Match Report

African champions Ivory Coast held to draw by Benin

Oumar Diakite scored a second-half equaliser to spare the blushes of newly-crowned African champions Ivory Coast who were held to a 2-2 draw by Benin in a friendly in Amiens, France on Saturday.

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Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Yahia FofanaG
  2. 12Willy BolyCD-L
  3. 2Ousmane DiomandeCD-R
  4. 26Ismaël DialloLB
  5. 5Wilfried SingoRB
  6. 13Jérémie BogaAM
  7. 8Franck KessiéLM
  8. 4Jean Michaël SeriRM
  9. 11Jean-Phillipe KrassoF
  10. 24Simon AdingraAM-L
  11. 15Max GradelAM-R

BEN · 4-4-2

  1. 16Saturnin AllagbéG
  2. 4Cédric HountondjiCD-L
  3. 25Mohamed TijaniCD-R
  4. 12David KikiLB
  5. 2Youssouf AssogbaRB
  6. 19Dodo DokouCM-L
  7. 15Sessi D'AlmeidaCM-R
  8. 8Hassane ImouraneLM
  9. 18Junior OlaitanRM
  10. 9Steve MouniéCF-L
  11. 17Andreas HountondjiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0, Benin 1. Junior Olaïtan (Benin) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  2. 29' Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 1, Benin 1. Max Gradel (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
  3. 40' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Emmanuel Agbadou replaces Willy-Arnaud Boly.
  4. 45'+1' Mohamed Tijani (Benin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 1, Benin 2. Junior Olaïtan (Benin) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dodo Dokou.
  6. 63' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Guela Doué replaces Jean-Philippe Krasso.
  7. 63' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Karim Konaté replaces Wilfried Singo.
  8. 63' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Oumar Diakité replaces Simon Adingra.
  9. 69' Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 2, Benin 2. Oumar Diakité (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Karim Konaté.
  10. 71' Emmanuel Agbadou (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 73' Substitution, Benin. Mattéo Ahlinvi replaces Junior Olaïtan.
  12. 73' Substitution, Benin. Prince Dossou replaces Andréas Hountondji.
  13. 73' Substitution, Benin. Rachid Moumini replaces Youssouf Assogba.
  14. 78' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Idrissa Doumbia replaces Jean Seri.
  15. 78' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Nicolas Pépé replaces Max Gradel.
  16. 88' Substitution, Benin. Mariano Ahouangbo replaces Dodo Dokou.

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