Leone Stars Fall to Ivory Coast in AFCON Qualifier

The Sierra Leone National Team, the Leone Stars, suffered a disappointing 4-1 defeat to Ivory Coast of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier match on Friday.

The match passed off on the Stade de Laurent Pokou Stadium in Abidjan.

Ivory Coast opened the scoring early within the third minute by way of Nicolas Pepe.

The host had an opportunity to equalize within the forty third minute with Alhassan Koroma discovering the web.

Prior earlier than then, Franck Kessie’s spot-kick for the Elephants was saved.

However, Kessie redeemed himself by scoring twice within the second half, netting within the 51st and seventy fifth minutes to seal the victory for Ivory Coast.

The vvisitors conceeded one other penalty within the 87th minute which Oumar Diakite didn’t fail to transform.

The Leone Stars will now should regroup for the return fixture, which is scheduled for October fifteenth on the SKD Sports Complex in Liberia.

A win in that match is essential for his or her hopes of qualifying for the 2025 AFCON event.