{"id":200925,"date":"2025-10-15T03:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T03:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200925\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T03:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T03:43:10","slug":"amad-leads-ivory-coast-to-world-cup-qualification-in-3-0-win-vs-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/200925\/","title":{"rendered":"Amad leads Ivory Coast to World Cup qualification in 3-0 win vs Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ivory Coast will be heading to the USA next June for the 2026 World Cup after a big win against Kenya on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>With the places in the World Cup being snapped up, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/amad-diallo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amad<\/a> has now secured his and the Ivory Coast\u2019s place next summer. <\/p>\n<p>The scoring was opened by Franck Kessie, who scored from Amad\u2019s assist, which was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> winger\u2019s first for his country.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mail.png\" alt=\"mail icon\"\/>Join our newsletter for news &amp; smart analysis. <\/p>\n<p>Yan Diomande then doubled the advantage for Cote d\u2019Ivoire against Kenya in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>Then, late on, Amad stepped up to score the final goal in a 3-0 rout, sending his country to the World Cup in the process as they now sit top of Group F after 10 games, with Gabon taking the play-off place.<\/p>\n<p>This is Ivory Coast\u2019s first qualification in 12 years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2233214447-758x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Amad about to kick the ball in Ivory Coast kit.\" class=\"wp-image-303098\" \/>Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO\/AFP via Getty ImagesAmad finding form at the right time for Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>This performance from Amad was top class, and sees the No.16 continue to positive signs that he was showing before the international break at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/mutv-pundit-raves-about-man-utd-star-who-made-sunderland-player-panic-every-time-i-love-watching-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amad was excellent against Sunderland<\/a>, being an ever-present threat down the right side.<\/p>\n<p>This saw him test the goalkeeper, with the performance showing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/match-coverage\/100-per-cent-man-utd-star-has-developed-deadly-partnership-hes-back-to-his-best\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amad is back at his best for United<\/a>, with Bryan Mbeumo forming a great partnership with him. Hopefully, this goal kick-starts his season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast will be heading to the USA next June for the 2026 World Cup after a big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[73493,218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-200925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-amad","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}