Ivory Coast Triumphs in AFCON 2024 Opener Against Guinea Bissau

Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso lead the host nation to a 2-0 victory, marking a strong start to their campaign.

Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso scored in each half as the hosts completed a 2-0 Group A victory over Guinea Bissau in the Africa Cup of Nations opening game.
The Ivorians were always favourites against a Guinea Bissau team who have now not won any of their 10 Cup of Nations finals matches.
The hosts, with several players missing through injury, will be pleased to have started their campaign on a positive note in front of an expectant 60,000 crowd.
Twice winners Ivory Coast next play on Thursday when they face Nigeria in the biggest match-up in the group, while Guinea-Bissau take on Equatorial Guinea on the same day.
The hosts have not lost the opening match of the AFCON since Burkina Faso in 1998 and there appeared little prospect of that happening here once Fofana had struck.