Africa Cup of Nations: Morocco Faces Crucial Test Against Ivory Coast in Group Stage Clash

The Moroccans have their work cut out for them, despite their victory over Namibia in their first match on Saturday, June 22. These three points, painfully snatched, cannot be a sufficient pretext to annihilate the Ivorian players. The "Elephants", for their first match, overturned the "Bafana Bafana". Now, at the top of the Group, on equal footing with Morocco, after their victory (1-0), they will not give any gifts to the "Atlas Lions".

Aware of the difficulties they could experience on the pitch during the 2nd day of the matches, the "Atlas Lions", through the press statements of one of their players, Romain Saiss, do not admit defeat in advance. They intend to force the passage to eject the "Elephants", too cumbersome for them, at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo and to snatch the three points of victory, before facing the "Bafana Bafana".

Pending their training session at the Harass Al Hodoud Stadium in Cairo, the Wolverhampton player in England supports that the ambition of the whole team is to obtain the victory, on Friday, June 28, against the "Elephants". Saiss did not fail to reveal the good atmosphere prevailing with the national team whose coach, Hervé Renard, has recruited, for the good cause, competent and experienced players, for this kind of continental competition.