Ange-Yoan Bonny was into the game quickly for Côte d’Ivoire, but the opening minutes did not give him a clean release. In the 4th minute, Diomande slipped the ball forward to Bonny down the right, and he could not keep it under control, letting the move run out for a goal kick.
That early miss did not take him out of the action. By the 11th minute, Kessie had sent a longer pass into the inside-right channel for Bonny to chase, and this time Ajer got across to intercept before the move could become a chance.
That is the shape of this live World Cup 2026 last 32 match: Bonny keeps appearing in Côte d’Ivoire’s first attacking ideas, while Norway has already settled into the game with confidence by the 6th minute. The pattern matters because knockout football rarely leaves much room for repeated waste in the opening spell, and each early touch starts to tell on the flow of the match.
For Bonny, the frustration is plain. He has been in the right areas and he has been found by teammates, but the first touch and then the chase have both fallen just short of producing the kind of clean chance that can change a game at this stage. The next decisive action now sits with whether Côte d’Ivoire can keep finding him in space, and whether he can turn one of these early runs into something more than a half-formed attack.
