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By Timothy Akintola

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Cote d’Ivoire knocks Senegal out of AFCON 2024 on penalties.

Host country, Ivory Coast showed overt domination as they crashed defending champions, Senegal, out of the 2023 African Cup of Nations. The Teranga Lions took an early lead in the fourth minute through Habib Diallo’s emphatic strike. A lengthy VAR decision saw host country, Ivory Coast win a penalty in the 86th minute after former Chelsea goalkeeper, Édouard Mendy collided with Nicolas Pépé in the box. Franck Kessié’s carefully executed penalty kick was enough to send the game to extra time and then, the penalty shootout where Franck Kessié again netted the decisive kick to send the host country to the last 8 of the competition. With this, the cycle of AFCON’s defending champions failing to qualify for the last 8 since 2010 continues.

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