Côte d’Ivoire into World Cup knockouts for first time as Pépé finishes off Curaçao | World Cup 2026
By: Leander Schaerlaeckens at Philadelphia Stadium | Published: 2026-06-25 22:20:06 | Source: www.theguardian.com
Côte d’Ivoire surviving the World Cup group stage for the first time, in the year of our football gods 2026, is one of those tidbits that sounds like it shouldn’t be true, and yet here we are.
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An underwhelming 2-0 victory over Curaçao, courtesy of Nicolas Pépé’s double, put the Ivorians through to the last 32 as Group E runners-up.
“Celebrate this historic qualification, like we…
