Saturday 10/January/2026 – 12:58 PM
to speak Amad Diallo The star of the Côte d’Ivoire national team during the match it is playing against its counterpart Egypt in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, which Morocco is currently hosting.
The Egyptian national team will meet its counterpart, Côte d’Ivoire, in the match that brings together the two teams in the quarter-finals of the 2025 African Cup of Nations, at the Adrar Stadium in Agadir.
Amad Diallo said in an interview with the official website of the African Confederation: We enter the match against Egypt calmly and confidently, with great respect for the competitor. It is a great team and has a great history in this tournament, but we have great confidence in our work and in what we have presented since the beginning of the competition. We know very well what we want on the pitch.
He continued in his statements: Our true strength is teamwork. Every player fights for the other, and everyone accepts his role within the team. There is no room for ego. When we play in this spirit, with solidarity and commitment, we become an unattainable team.
He continued in his statements about the match with the Egyptian national team: It will be a match of details. We must remain focused from beginning to end. Against a team like Egypt, any mistake could be costly. We must be tactically disciplined, aggressive in recovering the ball, and decisive when we have opportunities.
As for what it means for him to play a match of this size in the African Cup of Nations, he replied: It is a dream. Playing in the quarter-finals of the African Cup against Egypt is a great honor, but in addition to feelings, there is responsibility. We want to continue the journey, make our fans happy, and go far in this tournament.
He concluded his statements by sending a message to the fans of Côte d’Ivoire: I say thank you from the heart. Their support gives us great strength. Even from afar, we feel the energy of the fans in every match. We will do everything we have on the field to live up to their aspirations and to make all of Côte d’Ivoire happy, in Agadir.
