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Amad stars and sets up Egypt clash
Ivory Coast set up a blockbuster Africa Cup of Nations quarter final against Egypt with a comfortable 2-0 win over Burkina Faso.
Manchester United winger Amad Diallo scored one and made one in a dominant first half as the Elephants cruised to victory in Marrakech.
Four of the previous seven meetings between the sides had ended in draws but Amad was in no mood to extend that sequence.
He drove in the opener before setting up the second for Yan Diomande, with Bazoumana Toure adding a third late on.
The opener was a superb solo effort from Diallo, who danced his way past three defenders before a fortunate deflection allowed him to lift the ball over the goalkeeper and into the roof of the net.
Amad’s trickery on the right wing then ended with a low cross that was cleverly left by Franck Kessie and the ball reached Diomande, who side-footed into the net from 18 yards.
The Ivorians kept pushing forward and would end with 21 shots at goal, with one of those leading to their third goal on 87 minutes.
Toure broke free on the left-hand side of the box and with Herve Koffi perhaps expecting a cross, the teenage winger instead netted at the near post for his second of the campaign.
Ivory Coast will take on Mohamed Salah and his Egypt team-mates in Agadir on Saturday.
The match is a repeat of the 2006 final where the North African side triumphed on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
