Qualification Is All That Matters – Cote d’Ivoire Midfielder, Jean-Michael Seri
“QUALIFICATION is all that matters, we may not have started on a good note but we are improving and we are getting the job done.”
These are the sentiments shared by Cote D’Ivoire midfielder, Jean-Michael Seri regarding the Elephants advancing on penalties to the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023.
Seri made his thoughts known after his side’s emphatic 5-4 victory following a 1-1 stalemate against the defending champions, Senegal where he was awarded the TotalEnergies Man of the Match award in Yamoussoukro.
“We did not start the match well, and after we conceded the goal, we responded to that, and we took control of the match, with a team performance. It doesn’t matter how we qualified, what matters is that we qualified”, said the midfielder.
“We were just calm. At halftime, the coach asked us to continue in the same way. We were very solid and united and fought for our nation. The important thing is that we qualified for the quarter-finals. Côte d’Ivoire qualified for the next round, and this is the most important thing for me”, concluded the midfielder.
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