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Ivory Coast boss slams Germany's 'lack of fair pla...

ESPN · Jun 21, 2026, 2:50 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • TORONTO -- Ivory Coast head coach Emerse Faé criticized what he said was a lack of fair play from Germany during his team's 2-1 World Cup defeat on Saturday at BMO Field.
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  • "I told him [Brown] to stay humble," Faé told reporters after the game.

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TORONTO -- Ivory Coast head coach Emerse Faé criticized what he said was a lack of fair play from Germany during his team's 2-1 World Cup defeat on Saturday at BMO Field.

Faé was angry after his defender Wilfried Singo put the ball out because he was injured but Nathaniel Brown, the German left back, decided not to give the ball back to Ivory Coast and instead launched a German attack with a throw-in.

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