Soccer-Ivory Coast kick off Cup of Nations with 2-0 win over Guinea Bissau

Soccer Football - Africa Cup of Nations - Group A - Ivory Coast v Guinea-Bissau - Olympic Stadium of Ebimpe, Abidjan, Ivory Coast - January 13, 2024 Ivory Coast's Seko Fofana in action with Guinea-Bissau's Opa Sangante REUTERS/Luc Gnago

ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Ivory Coast's Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso scored in each half as the hosts completed a 2-0 Group A victory over Guinea Bissau in the Africa Cup of Nations opening game played in energy-sapping humidity on Saturday.

Fofana gave his side a fourth minute lead with a superb shot from the edge of the box before Krasso made up for an earlier miss when he acrobatically netted a second just before the hour.