Ikipe y’Igihugu ya Côte d’Ivoire yatangiye neza urugendo rwayo mu Gikombe cy’Isi cya 2026 nyuma yo gutsinda Equateur igitego 1-0 mu mukino wa mbere wo mu Itsinda E. Iki gitego cyabonetse ku mupira mwiza winjijwe na Amad Diallo, umwe mu bakinnyi bakomeje kwitwara neza muri iyi minsi. Intsinzi y’iyi kipe y’Afurika yakiriwe n’ibyishimo byinshi mu gihugu no mu bakunzi ba ruhago bo ku mugabane wa Afurika, kuko yahise itanga icyizere cyo gukora amateka meza muri iri rushanwa rikomeye kurusha andi yose ku Isi.
Uyu mukino waranzwe no guhangana gukomeye hagati y’impande zombi, aho Equateur yagerageje kugaruka mu mukino inshuro nyinshi ariko igahura n’ubwugarizi bukomeye bwa Côte d’Ivoire. Amad Diallo wakomeje kuba umukinnyi ngenderwaho muri iyi kipe, ni we wahindutse intwari y’umukino nyuma yo gutsinda igitego rukumbi cyawuhesheje amanota atatu y’ingenzi. Abasesenguzi ba ruhago bagaragaje ko Côte d’Ivoire yerekanye ubufatanye n’imikinire myiza bishobora kuyifasha kugera kure muri iri rushanwa niba ikomeje gukina muri uwo murongo.
Undi wanditse amateka muri uyu mukino ni Yan Diomande, wabaye umukinnyi muto kurusha abandi bose bakinnyi ba Côte d’Ivoire bakinnye Igikombe cy’Isi, nyuma yo kubikora afite imyaka 19 gusa. Ni intambwe ikomeye kuri uyu musore ukomeje kuvugwaho byinshi mu mupira mpuzamahanga. Nyuma y’iyi ntsinzi, Côte d’Ivoire yahise ifata umwanya wa kabiri mu Itsinda E, inyuma y’u Budage bwatangiye nabi ku bo bahanganye nyuma yo kunyagira Curaçao ibitego 7-1. Abakunzi ba Côte d’Ivoire bafite icyizere ko iyi ntsinzi ari intangiriro y’urugendo rushobora kubageza kure muri iri Gikombe cy’Isi cya 2026.
