{"id":5639,"date":"2024-01-14T09:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T08:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.net\/?p=5639"},"modified":"2026-09-04T02:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T01:21:46","slug":"ivory-coast-elephants-triumph-over-guinea-bissau-with-a-2-0-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=5639","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast Elephants Triumph Over Guinea-Bissau with a 2-0 Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ivory Coast Elephants secured a triumphant 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in the opening match of the 2023 <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=68889\">Africa Cup of Nations<\/a>, hosted by C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire. Seko Fofana opened the scoring for Ivory Coast in the 4th minute of the first half, following an assist from Franck Kessie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the early minutes of the second half, Fofana&#8217;s teammate Jean-Philippe Krasso added the second goal for C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire in the 58th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This victory underscores C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire&#8217;s prowess as they host the 34th edition of the <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.au.int\/en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Africa<\/a> Cup of Nations (AFCON). The tournament kicked off with a spectacular opening ceremony that captivated <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">football<\/a> fans worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ivory Coast Elephants secured a triumphant 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in the opening match of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire. Seko Fofana opened the scoring for Ivory Coast in the 4th minute of the first half, following an assist from Franck Kessie. In the early minutes of the second &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5639"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71847,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5639\/revisions\/71847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}