Over the past week, the Elephants withdrew from facing the Super Eagles in an international friendly match scheduled for next month.
Ivory Coast will play Nigeria on October 9 in Austria but the Nigerian football authority confirmed on Friday that their West African neighbours pulled out of the encounter due to internal problems.
Ivory Coast will now travel to Brussels to face Belgium on October 8 at the King Baudouin Stadium before battling Japan five days later at the Stadion Galgenwaard.
Next month’s in Belgium and Netherlands are expected to prepare the 2015 African Champions for their double-header fixtures against Madagascar in their 2022 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Ivory Coast’s most recent international outing ended in a 2-1 defeat to Ethiopia in their second Group K game last November, and they sit third in the group with three points after two matches.
“After almost 10 months of inactivity, the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire will resume service during the next international break scheduled for October 5 to 13, “read a statement on the FIF website.
” Two friendly matches are planned for this purpose. The first against the Belgium team on October 8 and the Second against Japan on October 9.
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