Ivory Coast got goals from Nicolas Pepe in each half and advanced to the World Cup knockout round for the first time in the West African team's history with a 2-0 victory over Curacao on Thursday

Ivory Coast got goals from Nicolas Pépé in each half and advanced to the World Cup knockout round for the first time in the West African team’s history with a 2-0 victory over Curaçao on Thursday. Les Éléphants have crashed the party and made it out of their group for…

Ivory Coast advances to the World Cup knockout round for the first time in its history with a 2-0 victory over Curaçao.

The African side opened their campaign with a 1-0 win over Ecuador before suffering a 2-1 defeat to Germany, despite leading before conceding twice in the second half.