From January 13, 2024 to February 11 of the same year, the Ivorian nation was the center of the world with the unfolding of the most beautiful CAN in history according to Patrice Motsepe, President of CAF.
The quality of the infrastructure, the atmosphere during the competition and the scenario during the matches greatly amazed the world.
Gianni Infantino, the President of FIFA, the governing body of world football, was present in Ivory Coast during the competition.
With some of his collaborators, notably Arsène Wenger, they even attended the final match between the Elephants of Ivory Coast and the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
Seduced by what Ivory Coast has proposed in terms of organizing the competition, Gianni Infantino, the President of FIFA, is said to be immediately courting them.
“I was in Ivory Coast to attend the CAN final, it was truly incredible, everything that my eyes saw for the organization of this CAN, the very developed infrastructure of this country, the welcome very warm of its inhabitants, the hotels are of such class that you would think we were in Paris” he would have declared without hesitation, according to the site livoirienexpress.com.
In addition, the first leader of world football would have projected himself into the future by proposing the Ivorian nation as the organizing country of the 2038 World Cup.
“According to our analyzes and interpretations, Ivory Coast is ready to host the 2038 World Cup and we are already doing everything we can to entrust them with this task” he would have indicated.
Finally, Gianni Infantino would not have failed to greet the legend of Ivorian football, Didier Drogba, who according to him, would have allowed him to feel good in Ivory Coast.
“A big thank you to the legend Didier Drogba for making my stay in the most beautiful country in West Africa favorable,” he would have added according to the same source.
