Ivory Coast Score Nine Against Seychelles In World Cup Qualifier For Record Victory – News18

Ivory Coast crushed Seychelles 9-0 in Abidjan on Friday to create a file successful margin for a World Cup qualifier in Africa.

Borussia Dortmund ahead Sebastien Haller began the aim rush on 20 minutes and Karim Konate from Salzburg accomplished it 5 minutes into added time.

Konate and Hamed Traore scored two targets every and Haller, Ibrahim Sangare, Simon Adingra, Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso one apiece within the matchday one Group F mismatch.

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Seychelles, a vacationer vacation spot off the east coast of Africa, are 195th within the FIFA rankings, 121 locations beneath the Ivory Coast.

The seedings for the primary spherical of 2026 World Cup qualifying in Africa meant the 9 prime-ranked groups have been paired at dwelling in opposition to the 9 backside ones, so it was virtually inevitable that there could possibly be some one-sided matches.

Egypt put six previous Djibouti on Thursday in Group A with Liverpool star Mohamed Salah netting 4 instances.

Before the Abidjan aim deluge, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Libya and Algeria shared the file with eight-aim successful margins.

While the Ivorians scored freely, fellow west Africans Ghana needed to wait 96 minutes earlier than Inaki Williams snatched the aim that earned a 1-0 win in opposition to Madagascar in Group I.

The Bilbao ahead probably saved the job of below-hearth Ghana coach Chris Hughton by heading a Gideon Mensah cross previous goalkeeper Melvin Adrien in Kumasi.

“This goal is very dear to me because my family was in the stadium,” stated Spain-born Williams after scoring his first for the nation of his dad and mom.

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Tunisia, who’ve certified six instances for the worldwide showpiece, additionally gained comfortably at dwelling, beating Sao Tome e Principe 4-0 in Group H in Rades.

Zambia continued a revival below former Chelsea supervisor Avram Grant with second-half targets from Fashion Sakala and Patson Daka delivering a 4-2 Group E win over Congo Brazzaville in Ndola.

Burkina Faso, who hope to problem Egypt for the primary place and computerized qualification for the 2026 finals from Group A, suffered a setback when held 1-1 by Guinea-Bissau.

Reigning African champions Senegal and South Africa are among the many groups in motion on Saturday, when the 26-fixture first spherical ends. Matchday two begins on Sunday.

(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)