Ivory Coast need a positive result against Germany to avoid elimination from Tokyo 2020
If anyone offered Ivory Coast four points from six before they began their Olympic football journey in Tokyo, head coach Soualiho Haidara wouldn’t have believed his luck.
Given the presence of defending champions Brazil and Germany, the pair expected to make it out of Group D, going into their final group fixture against the European nation with their fate in their hands was definitely going to pass off as a success.
Nevertheless, there has to be a feel of glass half empty going into the Little Elephants’ decisive fixture in the Miyagi District on Wednesday.