William Troost-Ekong, the tournament’s golden ball winner, gave the Super Eagles the early advantage with a powerful header. However, Ivory Coast turned Simon Adingra into the focal point of their assault by pairing him with Nigerian fullback Ola Aina. Adingra, unfazed by Aina’s experience and reputation, set up the two Ivorian goals by robbing him of all his pace and cunning.
Franck Kessie hammered a sweet corner into the net in the first, and Sebastian Haller—who was overcome with emotion after the game—then finished from close range with the ideal poacher’s finish to score in the match that sent Abidjan’s streets into complete chaos and guaranteed that the “host and
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