The Elephants bounced back from their shaky start to tame the Indomitable Lions, with the Ajax star finding the net twice
Cote d'Ivoire put their 2022 World Cup qualification hopes on track with a 2-1 victory over Cameroon on Monday night.
Sebastien Haller’s first-half brace propelled the Elephants past the visitors who got their only goal through Nicolas Ngamaleu.
Heading into the encounter staged inside Abidgan’s Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara, Patrice Beaumelle’s men had settled for a 0-0 draw against Mozambique while the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations hosts silenced Malawi 2-0 in Yaounde.
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After a cagey start by both sides, it was the hosts who took a 20th-minute lead through Haller’s penalty.