00:00In the 70s and 80s, they were unable to do it, here's Arcouillet.
00:12Pepe with a striker goal!
00:14Only wins in the competition, they only have three in total.
00:18Striker goal again comes in from Team Cassier.
00:23So Gio Mande will take the delivery.
00:30Doesn't be the first man, headed away. Comfortably so.
00:37And hence unable to get the strike away, but nice idea.
00:46Faisal Othman away, but only as far as Pepe.
00:50Back.
00:52Just 21 years of age, so very much at the early stages of his Ivorian career.
00:59Here's Gio Mande into Hawaii.
01:03Well, the flag went up.
01:05One does wonder if it's just a matter of time before they will always be there or thereabouts.
01:12Gio Mande.
01:16And still Gio Mande.
01:18Conor.
01:18Men in the middle.
01:21To charge of the women's side for France.
01:25And then, remarkably, he was at the 2026 World Cup as well.
01:32Which he wouldn't have been anticipating doing.
01:35But for the fact that Tunisia sacked their coach after just one game and he was called in.
01:42And they are struggling to clear their line, Somalia.
01:46And the Japanese.
01:52And the Japanese.
02:04And the Japanese.
02:04And the Japanese.
02:06And the Japanese.
02:07And the Japanese.
02:07And the Japanese.
02:08And the Japanese.
02:14And the Japanese.
02:16And the Japanese.
02:17And the Japanese.
02:21And the Japanese.
02:25And the Japanese.
02:26And the Japanese.
02:27And the Japanese.
02:29And the Japanese.
02:30also interested and it is Diamonde who hits it, Ahmed Hussain saves and the
02:44rebound cannot be converted, a glorious opportunity
02:51when it almost got stuck under the body of Ahmed Hussain and if you're on one
02:56side of the stadium you may well have thought that that was the only goal of
02:59the game, Diamonde fed by Ndika right in the middle, Pepe getting in there as
03:10well, Malkuja interested again, and Diamonde to his left no one else in the
03:16final in the Somali half and Malkuja does well to draw the
03:27Diamonde who's found life tough assists up for the FIFA Young Player of the Year award
03:35Diamonde which will be being announced next month, the award ceremony in London, here he is
03:46Yalkuja, you wonder how often these two are going to combine over the years during the
03:51rounds inside that Felix Ufueiwanyi stadium, Diamonde, an underwhelming display so far
04:06Yalkuja, Diamonde, and Diamonde skips past two, and just runs into blue traffic, Conor looking for
04:16Kessier and they've got on with it quickly, Diamonde way in the middle, Yalkuja just sitting, asking for it, got
04:24a little impatient, Pepe...
04:29Giamonde, five minutes to go to the break, can the elephants find a way through, two defenders
04:37doubling up on him again, Conor into the middle, YI cannot get on it, because it's conceding the free kick
04:42which Yalkuja takes quickly, Giamonde back to the Brighton man, to the Real Madrid man, back into Yalkuja and still
04:52he goes, good interplay
04:57both central defenders in the Somali half, Giamonde
05:08back into Giamonde, Kessier
05:11a little further up the pitch, here's Giamonde
05:17Giamonde, Yalkuja
05:21that one, if they go in with the confidence of having avoided defeat against
05:26Ivory Coast tonight
05:29Giamonde, space here, four on three just for a moment, four on four now, Pepe working it onto his left
05:35and
05:37there's an injury, so hence the absence
05:42and an opportunity to cross but
05:45you know, Kouja doesn't have the height in that central area
05:48and YI isn't a big physical presence either
05:51Giamonde
05:54overhead
06:06Giamonde
06:07looking for the one-two with YI now
06:13Giamonde
06:15YI in the middle
06:17so too Pepe
06:20still with Giamonde
06:22Ivorians to
06:26find a way through rather than gifting them a
06:29white shirt of his and prowling the
06:31touchline for the Ivorians, it seems very much as if he is home
06:38Yalkuja
06:39gets away
06:41from one
06:42Giamonde
06:43Pepe in a little bit of space
06:45the nation's qualifying campaign if you discount the penalties against
06:48Mauricius in the preliminary round
06:52Kessier
06:53trying to change that into Wahey
06:59Yakuja inviting Cunard forward
07:01Giamonde ahead of him, here he is, touched inside to Yakuja
07:05Giamonde
07:07moved off that left wing
07:09Toure
07:12Yakuja
07:12into Giamonde
07:16Kessier
07:17Kessier
07:17the Ivorians beginning to camp
07:18that's a good ball into the area
07:22here he is
07:23the youngster
07:25slipped but
07:27almost found
07:28Giamonde
07:34Giamonde
07:35Giamonde fouled
07:36and
07:38Zlatan with the
07:40shot on target at the other end
07:42Noor off
07:45but a point would be a point
07:47Zabie with a strike really
07:52Magbado
07:55Giamonde
07:56Giamonde
07:57nice footwork
07:59past one
07:59and two
08:01looking for Zabie
08:04three
08:04Somalia
08:05to drop
08:06down below Ghana
08:09they have
08:10into a more dangerous position
08:13short on this occasion from
08:15Diomonde
08:15Toure
08:16into the middle
08:20is this the moment
08:22oh
08:23a little touch
08:24once more
08:24well
08:26I thought that came off
08:27Somali last
08:28instead it's going to be a goal kick
08:29occasion
08:32there
08:33any sort of touch
08:34could have taken that in
08:39team
08:41Yakuja
08:42Giamonde
08:43goes down under the tug
08:48very clear push
08:51here it is
08:55Giamonde
08:57nice drop of the shoulder
08:58nice footwork as well
08:59that's better from him
09:00into the middle it goes
09:01and needed clearing
09:03and was
09:03Mohamed Mohamed
09:05oh this was some of the best footwork
09:07we've seen from Giamonde all day
09:09and the sort of stuff that
09:11possibly started with two wins as well
09:13Giamonde
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