Afcon 2023: Ivory Coast sack Jean-Louis Gasset as coach
Jean-Louis Gasset has been sacked as coach of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast two days after their 4-0 thrashing by Equatorial Guinea.
It was the heaviest home defeat in Ivory Coast history and they are the first Afcon host to lose two group games since they did so in 1984.
The Elephants still carry faint hopes of progressing to the last 16 as one of the best third-placed teams.
They will be led by Emerse Fae, one of Gasset’s coaches, on an interim basis.
The country’s football federation confirmed it had “terminated the contracts” of 70-year-old Gasset and his assistant Ghislain Printant “due to insufficient results”.
Ivory Coast finished on three points in Group A having also lost 1-0 to Nigeria. They opened with a 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau.
The hosts will now be sweating on the results of the very last group games on Wednesday to see if they can sneak through.
Former Bordeaux coach Gasset was appointed by the federation in May 2022, replacing his compatriot Patrice Beaumelle.
His contract was not renewed after the Elephants missed out on 2022 World Cup qualification and exited the last Nations Cup in Cameroon.