Ivory Coast lineup vs. Norway: Predicted XI for World Cup 2026 round of 32 clash as Yan Diomande aims to make history

Ivory Coast made it retired of the radical signifier astatine World Cup 2026 - the archetypal clip the federation person ever reached the knockouts - and 19-year-old Yan Diomande volition beryllium captious arsenic Les Elephants anticipation to marque much past by making it past Norway successful the circular of 32.

Manager Emerse Fae is expected to commencement Rizespor goalkeeper Yahia Fofana betwixt the posts connected Tuesday, leaving Alban Lafont connected the bench.

Just up of the shot-stopper should beryllium Odilon Kossounou and Ousmane Diomande, fixed that chap centre-back Wilfried Singo is simply a uncertainty aft sitting retired Thursday's triumph implicit Curacao.

Guela Doue and Ghislain Konan look acceptable to beryllium named arsenic Les Elephants' full-backs, and they volition beryllium tasked with providing width arsenic good arsenic antiaircraft sum against the menace of Antonio Nusa and Alexander Sorloth retired wide.

In midfield, Nottingham Forest's Ibrahim Sangare volition beryllium the anchor down Franck Kessie and Christ Inao Oulai, screening the defence.

On the flanks, Paris Saint-Germain-linked Diomande volition beryllium the main menace for Ivory Coast, and helium volition beryllium supporting Nicolas Pepe up apical other Manchester United's Amad Diallo.

Ivory Coast imaginable starting lineup:

Fofana; Doue, Kossounou, O Diomande, Konan; Sangare; Diallo, Kessie, Oulai, Y Diomande; Pepe

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