2023 Afcon Opening ceremony in Ivory Coast

Afcon Hosts Ivory Coast have set their sights on claiming a third Afcon title after previous triumphs in 1992 and 2015.

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Deal with the pressure and first match tournament are crucial in the sense that they set a talk there’s an opening ceremony where everybody’s out there to portray their culture their Heritage dignitaries and all that and all these top athletes come out to consolidate though so that they

Leave an everlasting Legacy and then at the back of that as soon as the whistle goes even for us as analyst we come here over prepared underprepared not knowing what to expect to set a tone for the tournament but after the first kickoff then everything else flows because now

We have point of reference we’ve seen the first match the second match even myself as an analyst with anxiety after maybe kick off analysis and then the second time you come here you’re more relaxed listen the pressure that goes with us at the beginning happens with

Them currently but it’s just a matter of time they’ll fuse in and relax and get into the tournament we expect the best from them six stadiums five cities including including the one that’s going to be hosting of course bafana bafana we’ll speak a little bit about the city

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