Franck Kessie’s rise filling the void left by Yaya Toure
The African Football Aficionados who remember Franck Kessie’s Ivory Coast debut will remember a domestic-based centre-back, then of Stella Club, who was partnered with [...]
Franck Kessie
AFCON 2017: 7 midfielders to watch out for
Jean Seri – Nice | Ivory Coast We have broken one of our golden rules at SFG – we try to have one per team in these kinds of lists – but we felt Jean Seri [...]
Ivory Coast AFCON 2017 team guide: tactics, key players and predictions
By Salim Masoud Said The smoothness of their qualifying campaigns, added with the ubiquitous strength in depth in their squad, saw Ivory Coast often arriving to AFCONs since [...]
WCQ Africa: Best XI
The outstanding individuals from this weekend’s African World Cup qualifiers. Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon) His MOTM performance symbolises Algeria’s dominance in [...]
AFCON 2015 Match Preview: DR Congo vs. Ivory Coast
The last meeting between these two sides was seismic, and the reasons are twofold. Firstly, DR Congo’s historic 4-3 defeat of Ivory Coast in Abidjan last October, the [...]
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