IVC advance in Olympic qualifiers

Ivory Coast are through to the second round of the Olympic qualifiers

Ivory Coast reached the second of the Olympic Games qualifier when holding Liberia to a 0-0 draw Monrovia in their delayed qualifier on Wednesday.

The Ivorians advance 4-0 on aggregate, having won the first leg in Accra two weeks ago.

Sam Johnson squandered a glorious chance in injury time to secure victory for the home side as he blasted wide with only the goalkeeper as his mercy.

The game was scheduled to have been played on 10 April but was postponed because of post election violence the Ivory Coast.

The conflict made it difficult for the Olympic Elephants to leave Abidjan for the game in Monronvia which led to Caf postponing the game.

Ivory will play Congo in the next round of qualifiers in June.

The first-leg will be played in Brazzaville on 19 June with the return leg scheduled for Abidjan two weeks later.

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