Africa Cup of Nations

[monks data]

Attendance: 7,672

Africa Cup of Nations | Round of 16

Jul 8, 2019 at 5pm UK

Mali
0-1
Ivory Coast

FT(HT: 0-0)

Zaha (76')

Build-up

Match Report

Football

Kamara: 'We must be focussed against Mali'

Published: July 7 2019 | 17:42

Kamara: 'We must be focussed against Mali'

The Group D runners-up face the Group E winners in the last 16.

Ivory Coast coach Ibrahim Kamara has warned his players they cannot afford to make mistakes if they are to find a way past Mali and reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.

The sides meet in Suez on Monday with a place in the last eight at stake, and are only too aware of the price of failure.

Kamara said at his pre-match press conference: "We know that if we don't win, we're out. We'll have to be focused because any mistake could cost a lot."

Twice winners of the competition, Ivory Coast qualified for the knockout phase as runners-up in Group D, and their reward is a showdown with the unbeaten winners of Group E.

However, Mali coach Mohamed Magassouba said: "What happened in the past doesn't matter. What matters is the next game.

"We want to make history. In order to do that, we need humility and self-sacrifice. We want people in Mali to be happy."

ga('create', 'UA-72310761-1', 'auto', {'name': 'pacontentapi'});
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'referrer', location.origin);
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension1', 'By PA Sport Staff');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension2', 'af5e2553-4744-47db-8a81-615bdee4a7f7');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension3', 'paservice:sport,paservice:sport:football,paservice:sport:match-reports,paservice:sport:world');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension6', 'story');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension7', 'composite');
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension8', null);
ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension9', 'sport:football');
ga('pacontentapi.send', 'pageview', { 'location': location.href, 'page': (location.pathname + location.search + location.hash), 'title': 'Kamara warns Elephants against making mistakes in Mali match'});