Ivory Coast beat Burkina Faso (3-0) on Tuesday evening in the round of 16 of CAN 2025. The Éléphants d'Émerse Faé will face Egypt in the quarter-finals on Saturday.

Published on: 01/06/2026 - 9:57 p.m. Modified on: 01/06/2026 - 10:11 p.m.

These Elephants were hungry. Clinical in attack (4 shots on target, 3 goals), solid in defense (2 shots on target suffered), Côte d'Ivoire won on Tuesday January 6 in the round of 16 of the CAN 2025 against Burkina Faso (3-0), in Marrakech. Émerse Faé's men will face Egypt, winners of Benin, on Saturday for a place in the last four.

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Diomandé and Amad untenable

Dominators in all areas of the game, the Ivorians, reigning champions, made the difference in the first half. From the first minutes, Diomandé demonstrated his speed and power on his left side.

Same observation on the right side with Amad Diallo. Launched from deep, the small Manchester United striker overflows and tries to cross his shot, but his shot skims Koffi's right post (8th).

Ten minutes later, Guessand launched Amad Diallo into the area. The latter takes advantage of a mix-up in the Burkinabe defense to poke his ball over Koffi (1-0, 20th).

The Stallions struggle to free themselves and must be content to defend in their own camp. Diomandé recovers the ball at the entrance to their area, but his shot narrowly misses (30th).

Less than two minutes later, on yet another tumble from Amad Diallo, the latter returned to the axis at the entrance to the area for Diomandé who doubled the lead by catching the goalkeeper on the wrong foot (2-0, 32nd).

At the end of the first period, on one of the Stallions' rare incursions into the Ivorian surface, Ouattara distinguished himself by hitting the post despite the tight angle (41st).

Touré’s solo rush

The second period starts on the same basis as the first. From the start, Strasbourg's Ivorian defender Guéla Doué, brother of Désiré Doué, stood out on set pieces, off target (56th and 59th).

Faced with the clock ticking and Ivorians giving up, the Burkinabè insist. Newcomer Minoungou crosses at the near post for Ouattara who forces Fofana to make a decisive save on the ground (62nd).

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But the Elephants still have energy. After going up half the field with the ball, Inao Oulaï serves Amad perfectly in depth who comes up against Koffi (75th).

At the end of the match, Bazoumana Touré, who had just returned to the game, made a solo rush and deceived Koffi with a shot at the near post for 3-0 (87th).

Ivory Coast can smile and celebrate their victory this evening, before getting back to work. On Saturday, they will face Egypt, one of the best defenses in the competition.

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