Ivory Coast AFCON 2019 team guide: the lowdown, tactics and key player
Ivory Coast have just about recovered from the disaster of Marc WIlmots’ reign. The disintegration finished a run of three consecutive World Cup appearances and in came [...]
Max Gradel
#SFGTop100 Africa – 12. Max Gradel
Words by Salim Masoud Said Max Gradel has always been a man of moments rather than stellar, game-by-game brilliance. The prototypical impact substitute, being named from the [...]
AFCON 2015: SFG’s team of the tournament
The outstanding performers from the tournament: Felipe Ovono The discovery of the tournament. Lithe, fresh-faced, and a mere part-time professional footballer with Deportivo [...]
AFCON 2015 Final Match Preview: Ghana vs. Ivory Coast
If Avram Grant can win an AFCON, so can I. And so can you. All you have to do is trek off to Primark, or a local store which sells a half-decent polo shirt, be the sort of [...]
Ivory Coast 1-2 Colombia: Les Elephants no longer secure
Ivory Coast were outmuscled, outthought and outplayed by Colombia in Brasilia An underwhelming display by Ivory Coast against Colombia, and a bore draw for Japan and Greece [...]
Sandals For Goalposts 