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Marc Mayo

Ivory Coast 2-0 Guinea-Bissau: AFCON hosts overcome first-night nerves to open tournament with valuable win

The opening night of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations was owned by Ivory Coast as the host nation beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0.

A packed house at the impressive Alassane Ouattara Stadium welcomed the country's president, for which the 60,000-seater arena is named after, and FIFA boss Gianni Infantino for a vibrant opening ceremony as a hotly-contested AFCON got underway in the late evening humidity on the outskirts of capital city Abidjan.

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