Ivory Coast Defeats Senegal in AFCON, Advances to Quarter-Finals

Franck Kessie's Penalty Shootout Goal Seals Victory for Host Nation

• Ivory Coast, the host nation of the Africa Cup of Nations, has advanced to the quarter-finals after a penalty shootout victory over defending champions Senegal.
• The decisive penalty was converted by Franck Kessie, who also scored the equalizer in the 86th minute to send the game into extra time.
• Senegal had been the only team with a 100% win record in the group stage and were the second-highest goalscorers with eight.
• Emerse Fae, in his first game as a senior head coach, led Ivory Coast to victory despite the team's previous 4-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea.
• Ivory Coast will face either Mali or Burkina Faso in the quarter-finals.

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