FOOTBALL
[UEFA EURO 2020] – Big disappointment for the French team
At the end of a meeting with multiple suspenses this Monday, June 28, 2021, France was eliminated in the eighth of the Euro final by Switzerland on goal shots (3 goals to 3, after overtime, 4 – 5 at Tirs au But. The Bleus, world champions in 2018, are coming out the back door against determined Swiss who believed in victory until the end. Despite the starts of Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann and Karim Benzema, the French lost in the round of 16, as did Portugal, the 2018 European champion.
France is eliminated in the final 16 of the Euro 2020. This is the big news of Monday 28 June 2021. Against a Swiss team player who was able to stand up to the challenge, the Bleus were beaten on goal (5 – 4) after a crazy match (3 – 3). The French team went through all the feelings in a match that seemed to bend in a given moment.
The beginning of the match broadcast the impression of a game not controlled by the band to Didier Deschamps. In perdition in a scheme with three central defenders, unable to carry out any action worthy of its name, France found itself logically punished by Seferovic. The Benfica striker (0-1, 15′). Les Bleus ran behind the score without being able to change the game after the first period.
It was during the second half that France regained its game after the exploit of Hugo Lloris who stopped a penalty shot by Ricardo Rodriguez. Karim Benzema managed to give the advantage to the Bleus by achieving a double in 3 minutes (57th, 59th minute). France has mastered the meeting at the moment by following the occasions. In the 75th minute, Paul Pogba scored a splendid goal, a shot from a distance, in the open (3 – 1).
France thought the quarter-finals were guaranteed. But the Swiss didn’t give up. Tireless Haris Seferovic gave Switzerland hope of a new powerful head (3-2, 81st), and Mario Gravanovic put Kimpembe into the wind of a hook, before adjusting admirably Lloris (3-3, 90th). Everything had to be redone for the Blues.
At the end of the overtime, Didier Deschamps’s men were unable to regain the advantage and we had to head for the fateful shoot-out session. France had not played any more since the final of the 2006 World Cup against Italy, and it had ended badly (1-1 a.p., 3-5 in the t.a.b.). This Monday evening, alas, Mbappé succeeded Trezeguet and history repeated itself.
France was eliminated from the competition while she was favorite in the final victory. After Portugal and the Netherlands, the men of Didier Deschamps leave the Euro with many regrets no doubt.
The African Football Confederation (CAF) has just unveiled the emblem and the official poster of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, Morocco 2024. A symbolic launch that embodies the renewal and growing ambition of women’s football in Africa.
This is a new milestone for African women’s football. This Wednesday, JUNE 11, 2025, the CAF revealed the visual identity of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, which will be held in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025. Through this modern and powerful emblem, the CAF intends to reflect the growing prestige of the tournament, while paying tribute to the cultural richness of the host country, Morocco, and the diversity of women’s football on the continent.
Morocco, the host country of the previous edition in 2022, had already made an impression by hosting a high-caliber competition, crowned by record attendance and an internationally acclaimed organization. The 2025 edition therefore promises to take things up a notch, both in terms of sports and media.
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Yamoussoukro, December 26, 2023- After an impregnation visit of the Charles Konan-Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Tuesday, December 26, 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of Sport and Living Environment, Robert Beugré Mambé, said reassured. The stadium, he said, is ready to host Group C matches from Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea and The Gambia.
‘What we have seen is reassuring. Technically, from the equipment point of view, we are ready at the Yamoussoukro stadium. But we will remain vigilant until the end,” said Robert Beugré Mambé.
The Prime Minister called for on-call teams to be set up in all sectors. We will have specialists permanently because Côte d’Ivoire wants to be up to date, in all circumstances, with the expected benefits of this great country. We have given indications that vigilance is needed,’ insisted the Head of Government.
For this visit, which is part of the visits of infrastructure related to the CAN 2023, the Vice-President of the Republic, Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, accompanied by the Prime Minister and other members of the government, visited the host infrastructure, in particular the President’s Hotel where official delegations will stay.
CAN 2023 is scheduled from January 13 to February 11, 2024 in Côte d’Ivoire with 24 teams.
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FOOTBALL
CÔTE D’IVOIRE – Partenariat: La FIF et le Groupe Carré D’Or ensemble pour la promotion du football Ivoirien
La Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) et le Groupe Carré D’Or ont conclu, ce vendredi 8 décembre 2023 à Novotel Plateau, un accord de partenariat en vue du développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire.
Leader de l’agro-industrie en Côte d’Ivoire depuis la fin des années 90, le Groupe Carré D’Or vient de s’ajouter à la liste des entreprises citoyennes partenaires de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) dans sa mission de développer le football en Côte d’Ivoire. Ce vendredi en effet, à Novotel Plateau, son Directeur Exécutif M. Khalil Ezzedine et le Président de la FIF M. Yacine Idriss Diallo, ont paraphé devant une parterre d’invité constitué de chefs d’entreprises, de légendes du football Ivoirien, de dirigeants sportifs et des médias, un accord de partenariat.
« Au Groupe Carré D’Or, nous avons une politique sportive très développée. Depuis plusieurs années en effet, nous partageons notre passion du port avec les Ivoiriens, sur le plan organisationnel et du sponsoring. Pour nous, sceller un partenariat avec la FIF un fait naturel. Nous sommes donc heureux de soutenir les Éléphants et dans le même temps le championnat national. C’est un réel plaisir de nous associer à la FIF dans sa mission de développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire et à participer à l’encadrement de la jeunesse Ivoirienne », explique le patron du Groupe Carré d’Or.
Pour sa part, le Président de la FIF, M. Yacine Idriss Diallo s’est réjouit de cette union avec le Groupe Carré d’Or.« Notre mission est d’encadrer la jeunesse à travers la mise en place d’une organisation efficiente pour que le football ivoirien aille de l’avant. Et donc dans cette mission là, avoir à ses côtés des entreprises symboliques comme le Groupe Carré d’Or est une fierté et une grande joie pour nous. Nous allons faire tout pour que ce partenariat soit de qualité, qu’il soit gagnant-gagnant sur l’ensemble des produits qui vont être utilisés. Le Groupe Carré d’Or sera donc à nos côtés en partie avec les Éléphants mais aussi sur la Ligue 1 et d’autres activités de la fédération. C’est donc une grosse satisfaction pour nous », reconnaît le Président de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football.
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