Ivory Coast have since booked a first World Cup berth since 2014 under Fae, winning all 10 of their qualifiers without conceding a single goal. Now they head to Morocco looking to achieve that rare feat of successfully defending an AFCON title, though will have to do without last year’s hero Sebastien Haller due to injury as they negotiate a tricky Group F that also contains Cameroon and Gabon. Wilfried Zaha started on his return to international football after almost two years alongside Manchester United’s Amad Diallo, who notched the winning goal on Wednesday night.
