MOSCOW, Mar 26 Ivoire in a friendly match. The meeting, held in Marseille, ended with a score of 2:1. In the 19th minute, the Ivorian Nicolas Pepe opened the scoring, three minutes later the French striker Olivier Giroud equalized it. Aurélien Tchouameni scored the winning goal in the 93rd minute of the meeting. The Ivory Coast team failed to qualify for the World Cup finals, finishing second in their qualifying group. The current world champions, the French, took first place in their group in the qualifying tournament and received a direct ticket to Qatar.
