"You must run until you can no longer feel your feet": The message from this high-ranking Ivorian official to the Elephants before the 2026 World Cup

Winner of the 2024 AFCON on home soil, Ivory Coast is undoubtedly one of the best representatives of Africa at the 2026 World Cup which starts in a few days in America.

The Elephants thus carry the hopes of an entire continent, but also of their own country. On Monday, June 8th, the President of the Ivorian National Assembly, Patrick Achi, met with the players and coaching staff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"When you're on the field, you have to run with the heart of 33 million people."

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He called on them to surpass themselves during this grand spectacle of world football.

"When you are on the field you have to run with the heart of 33 million people. You have to have a strength that is not your only strength, but you are carried by an entire people. You have to run until you can no longer feel your legs because it is 33 million people who are running with you. Give it your all, don't hold back," he told them.

The first of the Ivorian parliamentarians also asked the players to be positive and very strong mentally.

"You will never experience a moment as powerful as this in your life. Don't miss it."

“Tell yourselves that failure is not an option. Unless, of course, you fall, and you are picked up. Then you will have given everything you can give. You have a date with destiny, your people, and history. Believe in yourselves; if you are mentally strong, no team can beat you. And behind you, you have a nation,” declared Patrick Achi, in front of a very attentive Elephants, clearly moved by the message.

Let us remember that Ivory Coast is in the group with Germany, Ecuador and Curaçao.