Afrigather Hundreds of jubilant followers took to the streets of Abidjan within the Ivory Coast on Monday to rejoice the nation’s Africa Cup of Nations victory.
Supporters carrying the orange and white colors of The Elephants danced and cheered because the staff’s victory parade drove by, blowing whistles and vuvuzelas.
As they headed via the streets to the Félix-Houphouët-Boigny Stadium for the fruits of public celebrations, the gamers waved to crowds and confirmed off their medals.
The hosts defeated Nigeria 2-1 on Sunday to win AFCON for the third time, prompting large celebrations throughout the nation.
Ivory Coast’s development to the ultimate appeared unlikely within the early phases of the competitors.
They misplaced two of their group video games and fired their coach mid-tournament, earlier than making a formidable come-back with wins in opposition to Senegal and Mali within the knockout stage.
Interim coach, Emerse Faé, grew to become the primary within the historical past of the event to win it with out having been in cost at first.
Sébastien Haller fired the staff into the ultimate with the successful purpose in opposition to Congo within the semifinals, then scored the winner in opposition to Nigeria within the last.
Emotion obtained to the Borussia Dortmund ahead after the sport. It’s simply over a yr since Haller returned after most cancers therapy.
“Each sport was tough,” stated Ivory Coast midfielder Seko Fofana after the ultimate. “We hope everyone goes to get pleasure from this second as a result of it’s not every single day.”
