Ivory Coast, the host nation of the Africa Cup of Nations, has dismissed coach Jean-Louis Gasset and his assistant Ghislain Printant during the ongoing tournament, as announced by the country’s football federation (FIF) on Wednesday.
Insufficient results, particularly highlighted by an embarrassing 4-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea in their last Group A match on Monday, led to the termination of Gasset and Printant’s contracts, according to the FIF statement.
The two-time champions now face the challenge of relying on favorable outcomes in Wednesday’s final group matches to secure a spot in the knockout phase as one of the four best third-placed teams.
Ivory Coast has previously advanced beyond the group stage in nine out of the last ten editions of the tournament, with the exception being in 2017.
Report By AFP.
