“What happened is the fault of neither the coach nor the Federation. Concerning these three readjusted players, we can say that the appliances used by the CAF in Morocco are old appliances. Otherwise, Ivory Coast has made all the arrangements to be in the tempo of CAF and FIFA. I cannot at this moment produce you the figures. But what I do know is that the MRI test was very expensive for the Federation, “ revealed Clement Nguessan, National Technical Director of the IFF(Ivorian Football Federation).

He justifies this problem by the defection of the recording equipment of Ivory Coast. “In anticipation of the Montaigu Tournament and the Afcon, we gave precedence to MRI test for all the applicants to the selection. This test was led by the Medical Commission headed by Professor Cyrille Dah. Every time that there was failure and the need to replace, they proceeded to the base by the MRI test until the last selection that went to prepare the cadets’ Afcon in Tunis. “

“Football has become so economical that all the parents of the players want to have a livelihood by reducing the age of their children to give them more hope.”

Before the start of the 10th U17 Afcon, 9 players including three Ivorian were excluded after MRI tests.

Ivory Coast is already backing to the wall in the competition with a draw in the opening match against Congo (1-1). This Wednesday, the Elephants face Ghana.