Ivory Coast reward Fae after unlikely AFCON triumph
Ivory Coast's coach Emerse Fae gives a press conference at Stade Charles Konan Banny in Yamoussoukro on January 28, 2024, on the eve of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) football match between Senegal and Ivory Coast. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)
Emerse Fae was on Monday rewarded for guiding Ivory Coast to
the African Cup of Nations title as interim coach by being given the job full
time.
"Emerse was until now interim coach and has just been
confirmed today as full coach," the Ivoirian federation boss Idriss Diallo
said.
The Elephants were facing elimination when they fired
veteran French coach Jean-Louis Gasset in January after winning just one of
their three group games.
The next day, results fell the hosts' way and they squeezed
through as the last of the four best third-placed teams. Fae, a former Ivorian
international who had never coached before, took over.
In the last 16, the Ivorians came from behind to beat
holders Senegal on penalties. Then, playing much of the match with 10 men, they
came from behind to beat Mali in extra time in the quarter-finals.
After beating the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 in the
last four, they came from behind once more to beat Nigeria 2-1 in the final and
lift the trophy.
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