2023-08-30 12:18:00
It was the poster of the day: Brazil – Côte d’Ivoire, a cleaver match to qualify for the second round of the 2023 World Cup. Poster which kept its promises thanks to a great battle for 40 minutes, finally won 89 -77 by the Brazilians of a great Yago Santos.
Côte d’Ivoire believed in it, almost to the end.
A small victory from a surprise qualification for the second round of the World Cup (and a possible ticket for the 2024 Olympic Games), the Ivorians have long stood up to the Brazilians, favorites to take second place in the group behind the untouchable Spain. In a rhythmic, fun match, and generally focused on the attack, the two teams still stood in five small points three minutes from the final buzzer (79-74). And then Brazil put the lid on.
A 3-pointer from Georginho De Paula’s logo gave the Ivorians a heavy blow, then Yago Santos definitively shattered Ivory Coast hopes with his own prize-winning shot to wrap it up 10-0 and give 11 points. progress in Brazil.
Santos – author of 24 points (including 19 in the first half, 6/7 from 3-pointers) and 12 assists in 29 minutes – carried his team, who struggled when he had to temporarily come out injured in the second half . But the Ivorians, despite a big heart like that, sinned offensively in the fourth quarter (only 12 points over the period) while the Brazilians made the big plays necessary to snatch their qualification. Santos, De Paula, Tim Soares or even Bruno Caboclo are today the executioners of Côte d’Ivoire.
Second in their pool, Brazil will therefore accompany Spain in the second round, in Group L where they will first meet Canada and then Latvia. A very spicy program for the band of Yago Santos, deprived of the injured Raul Neto.
As for Côte d’Ivoire, third in its group, it will switch in the classification matches 17 to 32, where it will play two additional matches against Lebanon and… the French team. If the disappointment is inevitably there today, the Ivorians will have to quickly recover from this elimination because there is a qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics to be sought (1 spot for an African team in this World Cup).
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