Ivory Coast's Aurier out for next game but not the tournament


Soccer Football - Africa Cup of Nations 2019 - Group D - Morocco v Ivory Coast - Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt - June 28, 2019 Morocco's Youssef En-Nesyri in action with Ivory Coast's Serge Aurier REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) - Ivory Coast captain Serge Aurier will miss his team's next Africa Cup of Nations match but his tournament is not necessarily over as he had previously suggested.

Aurier suffered an ankle injury as his side went down 1-0 to Morocco in Cairo on Thursday and will miss their last Group D game, against Namibia on Monday, coach Ibrahim Kamara said on Sunday.

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