‎Defending Champions Ivory Coast has cruised past Burkina Faso and into the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.
‎Amad Diallo put the Elephants ahead in the 20th minute on Tuesday when he bustled past a couple of defenders and sent a dinked finish past goalkeeper Herve Koffi from close range.
‎Twelve minutes later, the Manchester United winger laid on the second for Yan Diomande, who sent a curling finish past the wrongfooted Koffi from just inside the area.
‎Dango Ouattara came close to pulling one back for the Stallions before the break, but his right-footed effort from a narrow angle hit the base of the left-hand upright and rebounded into the arms of Ivorian keeper Yahia Fofana.
‎In the end it was teenager Bazoumana Toure who grabbed the third late on with a fine solo goal, racing forward from midway inside his own half and beating Koffi inside the left-hand upright with a clinical finish.
‎Emerse Fae’s men will now face record seven-time champions Egypt, who beat Benin 3-1 after extra time on Monday, in a heavyweight last-eight clash in Agadir on Saturday.
Edited by Favour Owonibi.