How to reboost an attack that pitches on the side of Côte d’Ivoire? It is an offensive question. This is especially true since for this CHAN 2022 theElephantsDo not shout loudly from the front. The ghost Konaté Karim, top scorer in the Ivorian championship last season, haunts CHAN. The former Asec player, who fled for Salzburg (Austria), with his 16 goals, has left the selection.
The coach Haïdara Souhalio is then at CHAN with second knives. The Ivorian attackers managed to move the nets only twice on three marches disputed against Libya (1-0), Cameroon (1-0) and Mauritania (0-3). The offensive difficulties were only exacerbated by the defeat against Senegal in the inaugural match (1-0).
A voiceless, uninspired attack
Against the Teranga Lions on January 14, 2023 in Annaba where group B is staying for this CHAN, the Ivorians hit the post, on a heavy strike from Konaté in the second half. They failed to score the ball in the nets of the other team. This is a sign of the weakness in the offensive line. Haïdara Souhalio, the Ivorian technician, landed at CHAN with only two of the seven top scorers in the championship. They are Ouattara Romeric (Abidjan stadium, 6 goals) & Wayou Constant(FC San Pedro), 5 goals.
Romaric is more of nine-and a-half, and Wayou is left-winger. Ouotro Patrick (LYS Sandra, 4 goals), and Kramo Aubin(Asec, 4 shots) must be added to these. Only one of these players was able to start the match against Senegal. He was the midfielder Kramo aubin. Sankara William Karamoko, the coach’s confidence was there at the top.
Unfortunately, he was not able to show any respect for the teammates’ dangerous balls and the lack of binding between offensive lines. “The Ivorian attack did not exist against Senegal (1st day of CHAN).It lacked percussion, realism, and authenticity. The players failed to take responsibility. They did not have gnac, regardless of whether they were playing in depth, on the ground, or on the balls in flight., analyzes Beugré Yago Eugene. The former Africa Sports player, the Cup Winners Cup and African Super Cup winners in 1992 and 1993 respectively, is the latter.
“The Ivorian attack against Senegal was ineffective and non-existent. They were looking to play with good balls. They didn’t use the few balls they did have. It could be said that the midfielder is responsible. Good midfielders are essential for attacking to succeed. We saw a middle in difficulty during the recovery, recovery, and the final pass », Explains, for his part, Rash N’Guessan Kouassi, journalist at the national radio.
Expected changes in the future
“For the next game, there will necessarily be changes. We must review our strategy and how we play. There is no room for error in the games we have left. We will have people who are determined to win against the DRC.“, announces Haïdara Souhali. The national coach of Côte d’Ivoire to continue. “The band is a mix between young and old. People discover international competition. (like CHAN)”.
There is no surface fox, except for the one on the bench. Only 15 matches of the Ligue 1 championship saw the performance of attacking midfielders. Like Salifou Diarrassouba or Sidibé Alpha. It’s difficult to expect much, unless CHAN returns to the wall again. His players transcend themselves to go beyond wet firecrackers and sawn gunpowder.
Sanh SEVERIN
You can also read about the same topic here: CHAN 2022: Results and complete competition schedule
Source: sportnewsafrica
