Ivory Coast are the champions of Afcon 2023

The goal by the striker of the Borussia Dortmund club in Germany, Sebastien Haller, yesterday was enough to help his national team of Ivory Coast, win the title of the Africa Cup of Nations against Nigeria, in the final game played in Abdijan.

It is a victory that made the fans of the Ivory Coast cheer like crazy people, being their third title after doing so in 1992 and 2015.

Nigeria, which was given a great chance to win the title, was the first to score, and it was seen as if it could be a repeat of the victory, they got against the hosts in the group stage.

However, the joy of the Super Eagles was extinguished by Frank Kessie who equalized for his team, before the 81st minute, Sebastien Haller made good use of the pass given to him by Simon Adingra, to complete the team’s dream.

Ivory Coast has become the first team to win the title on home soil, since Egypt did so in 2006 when it hosted the tournament, where it beat Ivory Coast on penalties and at that time its captain was Didier Drogba.

However, it was not a good tournament for Nigeria’s leading striker, Victor Osimhne, who scored only 1 goal in the 7 matches he played in the group stage. For the East African region, many residents are proud of the level of the DRC despite the defeat in the semi-final stage and that of the three winners, while for the other representatives of the region, the national team of Tanzania, they will have something to learn after farewell in the group stage.