I think the Ivorian coach made a poor coaching decision to keep Amad on the bench because he had a great influence on the game and would have done more for the Ivory Coast team if he had started in the game. A player like Amad, who plays in the Premier League and is exposed to playing with European players, should be a top player in any team playing in the first eleven if he is fit for a game. That was a poor coaching decision that the coach will regret because if he had started early in the game, it is very possible that they would have put up a better fight and maybe won the game.
I suppose he was expecting the same magic he got off him against Ecuador. He forgot, this was Norway and not Ecuador. Amad did manage to get him a goal though, running into the box, setting his ball with just two touches and finding the net but, that wasn’t enough as Haaland was able to come up with one of the easiest goal of the tournament, just a touch in and that was enough to see them through.
Amad nearly got a second goal from the free kick but, the goalkeeper’s hands was quick to the save. Ivory Coast is out.
