ARSENAL TARGET, ZAHA IMPRESSES AS IVORIANS BOOK PLACE IN LAST 16
Joseph Omoniyi
The Ivorian national team have booked their place in the knockout stage of the AFCON 2019 after a 4-1 whitewashing of Namibia.
Goals from Max Gradel, Serey Die, Wilfried Zaha and Maxwel Cornet ensured there was no upset after Peter Shalulile forfieited a chance that should have put Namibia in front minutes before Gradel opened the scoring for the elephants.
Ivory Coast who lost their previous game against group leaders, Morocco by 1-0, qualified with 6 points.
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