Africa Sports trimmed the gap open at the top of the Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division to seven points with defeat over Stade Abidjan. At such a premature phase, it would be ludicrous to classify the encounter as a ‘six-pointer’ but had the scoreline sprung into the favour of Stade Abidjan, the aftermath would have spelt grave danger for Africa Sports’ prospects of instigating a memorable title defence.
Achieving victory at the Stade Robert Champroux was paramount, even at this youthful stage of the season which has aged merely twelve matches, to disperse the possibility of early-season despondency and the reigning champions lived up to these hopes. Strolling to a 3-0 win extended Africa Sports’ string of consecutive triumphs to three, consequently lifting the Ivory Coast’s second-most successful club up to third place and in hunting distance of Issia Wazi FC.
After the recent results, Africa Sports stand on twenty points with a record of six wins, two draws and four losses - ASEC Mimosas lead the table on a superior tally of 27 points.
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