Despite the early dominance of the Ivorian youngsters, it was Niger talented player Ami Issoufou who opened the scoring in the 12th minute.<\/p>\n
The Baby Elephant equalised a minute later thanks to Oumar Konate and the goal looked to have spurred them on for more success.<\/p>\n
The Ivorians followed up with a second goal three minutes later with Yacine Harouna’s free-kick deceiving the Menas goalkeeper.<\/p>\n
Konate was influential as the Ivorians extended their lead in the 26th minute with his pass finding Bakary Ciss\u00e9 who made it 3-1 from close range.<\/p>\n
Striker Yan Diomand\u00e9 scored two quick goals before Konate got his second goal of the day to seal the impressive win.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Burkina Faso secured their second victory of the tournament in Group B’s earlier game on Wednesday when they defeated Benin 2-1 at the same venue.<\/p>\n
The victory was a massive boost for the Baby Stallions as Benin had overcome C\u00f4te d’Ivoire 3 -2 in their first match of the group.<\/p>\n
Appolinaire Bougouma’s powerful header put the Burkinabe in the lead on 12 minutes after Harouna Ouattara combined with Ousmane Camara who sent in the cross.<\/p>\n
Benin responded almost immediately with Taofik Seidou equalising after a collective team effort helped the striker to advance when left alone in the 17th minute.<\/p>\n
Just after the break the Stallions went in front after Bougouma was jostled in the box allowing Camara to convert the resultant penalty.<\/p>\n
The result means Burkina Faso leads Group B with six points while Benin and Cote d’Ivoirean are tied at three points apiece.<\/p>\n
Niger have no chance of advancing to the last four as they have no points.<\/p>\n
The Ivorians will play Burkina Faso in their next game while Niger will take on Benin in the last group games to be played simultaneously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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