Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire accommodated at the Grand Stade de Marrakech in their final Accumulation bout of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, with altered objectives for anniversary side.
Already eliminated, Gabon will be attractive to accomplishment the clash on a absolute agenda and bear a achievement that reflects their ambitions. Côte d’Ivoire, the ascendant African champions, are aiming to affirm aboriginal abode in the knockout stage.
Despite their elimination, the Panthers are bent to access their final accumulation bout with commitment.
Facing the arresting champions provides an befalling for Gabon to appearance character, comedy with intensity, and affectation a aces achievement to their supporters.
WHAT WAS SAID
Thierry Mouyouma – Gabon Head Coach
“Despite the disappointment, the aggregation is ready. We are competitors. We accept one aftermost bout to comedy adjoin Côte d’Ivoire, the ascendant African champions. It is a appropriate bout because it will be our final bold of this competition. We appetite to accomplishment well, abnormally adjoin an adversary who will be arena for aboriginal abode in the group.”
Johann Obiang – Gabon Player
As the drillmaster said, we were aghast but the accumulation charcoal focused. We appetite to accomplishment this antagonism properly, aloof as we capital to alpha it well. We will comedy to win. This accumulation is fabricated up of competitors, and we accept been architecture article calm for several years.”
Emerse Faé – Côte d’Ivoire Head Coach
“Because we are Côte d’Ivoire, expectations are high. Our supporters apprehend us to win, and that albatross is allotment of our role. We will comedy this bout as if we were not yet qualified. There will be no calculations. We will artlessly comedy to win.”
Diakité Oumar – Côte d’Ivoire Player
“Every aggregation wants to exhausted Côte d’Ivoire, behindhand of the situation. That is normal. Even admitting Gabon are eliminated, they will appetite to accomplishment with a acceptable performance. We accept to abide focused.”
PRE-MATCH STATISTICS
The statistics favour Côte d’Ivoire, but both teams will be aiming to bear a able achievement in this final accumulation match.