{"id":1047318,"date":"2022-04-06T17:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/06\/afcon-2023-ivory-coast-progress-reassures-caf-boss\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T17:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T17:26:37","slug":"afcon-2023-ivory-coast-progress-reassures-caf-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/06\/afcon-2023-ivory-coast-progress-reassures-caf-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Afcon 2023: Ivory Coast progress &#8216;reassures&#8217; CAF boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/124054024_0dab3b8e-7a41-4bd2-9662-3ed4be0a0ef1-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Caf boss Patrice Motsepe met Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan\" title=\"Caf boss Patrice Motsepe met Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caf boss Patrice Motsepe met Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>African football\u2019s boss Patrice Motsepe is \u201creassured\u201d and \u201csatisfied\u201d with the progress Ivory Coast has made as the country prepares to host the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Confederation of African Football president Motsepe visited Abidjan on Monday to assess readiness for the tournament, which is scheduled to take place in June and July next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that the Afcon you will organise here will be the best,\u201d Motsepe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are reassured by the different infrastructure that you have put in place to host this competition. I am satisfied with the progress made, even if there are still some problems to sort out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast, which last hosted the Nations Cup in 1984, is building or renovating six stadiums for the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Motsepe, who met Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on his trip to the West African country, has said there are several areas where organisation can improve on the 2021 edition, which was held in Cameroon at the start of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The competition was overshadowed by the Olembe Stadium tragedy, which saw\u00a0eight people killed in a crush outside the ground\u00a0before a last-16 match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve identified areas where we can improve and will improve,\u201d Motsepe said. \u201cAnd those issues are the ones that go into discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to Ivory Coast next year but we are not going to make the same mistakes again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are certain preconditions and in the public domain, I have to be nice and polite and of course respectful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think behind closed doors, we will be significantly more assertive and more uncompromising in terms of safety, the police, the security, the army where appropriate, football pitches \u2013 and hopefully Covid-19 will be less of a challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"xDZRXOlucT8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bibiani: Pupils and teachers fear as dove, concoctions found in school office \u2013 Adom TV (31-3-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xDZRXOlucT8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caf boss Patrice Motsepe met Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan African football\u2019s boss Patrice Motsepe is \u201creassured\u201d and \u201csatisfied\u201d with the progress Ivory Coast has made as the country prepares to host the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. 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