Ivory Coast: the great ambitions of Emerse Faé

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By: Manu Tournoux

These kinds of stories can only happen with football. Author of a cataclysmic group stage with Ivory Coast, Jean-Louis Gasset resigned and joined OM two weeks after the CAN won by… Ivory Coast at home. Under the leadership of Emerse Faé, the Elephants completed a journey worthy of the greatest Hollywood series to win against Nigeria in the final. Obviously put in the spotlight, the former midfielder has entered the hearts of the Ivorians.

Interim during the tournament, the native of Nantes should stay and has revealed his ambitions for the rest of his mandate. And the 40-year-old tactician sees the big picture, as he confided in an interview with A.S. : “we have two objectives: to qualify for the next African Cup and to defend our title in Morocco, and to qualify for the next World Cup by reaching at least the quarter-finals.» It remains to be seen whether the flock of Emerse Faé will succeed in achieving such an objective…

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