Elephants: Hervé Renard strengthens his defense with Junior Diaz and Luck Zogbé

The Ivorian national team faces the absences of Odilon Kossounou and Guéla Doué due to injuries ahead of the September-October international window in 2026. To replace them, Hervé Renard has called up Junior Diaz and Luck Zogbé. Ivory Coast will start the CAN 2027 qualifiers on September 24 against Ghana, followed by a match in Somalia on September 29 and a friendly against Cameroon on October 3.