Mohamed Diomande scored a penalty shootout winner for Ivory Coast in the early hours of this morning.
His nation took on Canada in an international friendly in Toronto.
Ivory Coast were beaten by New Zealand just a few days before, but earned a gutsy goalless draw in 90 minutes against the Canadians.
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Diomande was introduced as a substitute and stepped up to take the decisive penalty in the shootout after the sides couldn't be separated in regulation time.
He made no mistake, slotting the ball past opposition goalkeeper Dayne St Clair, who did get a slight touch before it hit the back of the net.
Diomande Winning Pen for 🇨🇮 pic.twitter.com/Shtn6mbIaa
— John Walker (@johnwalker_1986) June 11, 2025
Diomande played 54 times for Rangers last season, scoring six goals and assisting nine.
New head coach Russell Martin would like to keep the Ivorian and his midfield colleague, Nicolas Raskin, at the club this summer if possible.
"We have to try and keep our best players," said Martin of the pair.
"And I think we're all really aligned with that.
"So, unless things come in that really help the club to build and move forward, I don't think it's a necessity to do that at all. That's my understanding of it.
"And we've all been really clear on it. So we'll just have to wait and see. But I'm looking forward to working with those guys."
