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AFCON 2023: Ivory Coast Sack Coach Gasset

Ivory Coast, the hosts of the Africa Cup of Nations, announced on Wednesday that they have dismissed coach Jean-Louis Gasset.

“The contracts of coach Jean-Louis Gasset and his assistant Ghislain Printant are terminated due to insufficient results,” the FIF said in a statement.

After a humiliating 4-0 loss to Equatorial Guinea in their recent Group A match on Monday, Ivory Coast, two-time champions, must rely on favorable results in Wednesday’s final group games to advance to the knockout stage as one of the top four third-placed teams.

In the tournament’s previous nine editions, Ivory Coast has only failed to progress past the group phase once, in 2017.

If they manage to secure a spot in the last 16, Emerse Fae, one of Gasset’s assistants, will serve as interim boss until the tournament concludes.

Despite being in charge since May 2022, Frenchman Gasset faced dismissal due to consecutive group stage losses against Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria, following an initial 2-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau. Gasset had hinted at discussing his future with FIF president Yacine Idriss Diallo after Monday’s match.

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