Côte d’Ivoire iheruka kwegukana igikombe cya Afurika mu 2015, yatangiye neza muri iri rushanwa riri kuba ku nshuro ya 32, itsinda Afurika y’Epfo igitego 1-0 mu mukino wo mu itsinda D wabaye kuri uyu wa Mbere kuri Al Salaam Stadium mu Mujyi wa Cairo.
Jonathan Kodjia wahushije uburyo bwinshi muri uyu mukino ni we watsindiye Côte d’Ivoire igitego kimwe rukumbi cyabaye itandukaniro hagati y’ibihugu byombi.
Côte d’Ivoire ishaka igikombe cya Afurika ku nshuro ya gatatu, yasatiye Afurika y’Epfo, aho yanabonye uburyo bwari kuyihesha gufungura amazamu mu gice cya mbere.
Rutahizamu wa Lille uri mu bihe byiza, Nicolas Pépé yari mu bakinnyi ba Côte d’Ivoire bagoye Afurika y’Epfo, aho yashoboraga no gufungura amazamu ku munota wa 31, ariko umupira w’umuterekano yateye ugarurwa n’umutambiko w’izamu.
Nyuma y’iminota ibiri, kapiteni wa Afurika y’Epfo, Thulani Hlatshwayo yatakaje umupira wageze kuri Serge Aurier na we awucomekera Jonathan Kodjia wawukurikiye, asigaranye n’umunyezamu Williams, atera ishoti rikomeye ryasubijwe inyuma n’uyu munyezamu, agwa agaramye.
Hlatshwayo yaboneye Afurika y’Epfo uburyo bwiza mu gice cya mbere ku mupira yateresheje umutwe uhinduwe na Kamohelo Mokotjo, ku bw’amahirwe make uca hejuru y’izamu.
Jonathan Kodjia yatsinze igitego kimwe rukumbi cyabonetse muri uyu mukino ku munotawa 64 nyuma y’umupira yahawe na Alain Max Gradel, asiga ba myugariro ba Afurika y’Epfo, atera umupira wo hasi uruhukira mu nshundura.
Habura iminota ibiri ngo umukino urangire, Nicholas Pépé yateye coup-franc nziza, arenza umupira urukuta, ukurwamo n’umunyezamu Williams wawukujemo ikiganza kimwe.
Côte d’Ivoire yahise inganya amanota atatu na Maroc yatsinze Namibia igitego 1-0 mu mukino wabaye kuri uyu wa Mbere. Aya makipe yombi azahurira mu mukino ukomeye uzaba ku wa Gatanu, aho umutoza wa Maroc, Hervé Renard azaba ahura na Côte d’Ivoire yahesheje CAN 2015.
Nta gitekerezo kirajyaho. Ba uwa mbere!