Elated Simon Adingra has expressed a profound gratitude to the almighty God after Cote D'Ivoire's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations trimuph last night leaving a wild celebrations on the streets of Abidjan, Yamoussoukro, San Pedro and others.
Stupendous second half display from the Brighton youngster changed the scenario completely in the second half with the Ivorians scoring two to turn things around after being behind at half time.
On home soil, the 'Elephants' achieved the 'host and win' after hugely coming from a goal down to edge West African neighbours Nigeria by 1-2 in the final last night at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Ebimpé.
The Super Eagles opened the scoring account on the 36th minute thanks to a towering header from captain William Troost-Ekong- who was subsequently adjudged the player of the tourney.
However, two stupendous display from Brighton youngster Simon Adingra changed the scenario completely in the second half with the Ivorians scoring two to turn things around.
Franck Kessie started the fightback with a brave header to level things up on the 62nd minute before Sebastian Haller scored a beauty with only nine minutes to full time to seal the victory.
Reacting to the victory, Adingra, who was named best player in the final and best young player in the competition, gave it all to God for this huge glory and for making history.
"It is the grace of God that this is what happened to us. After being drafted, we relied on our minds to reach this stage. For that, we can only thank God."
The Elephants have now won the competition for the third time in their history having won in 1992 and 2015.
Due to the massive 40% increment in the prize money, Cote D'Ivoire will earn $7million as winners.
