Ivory Coast fan becomes meme as he's caught on camera chatting to a woman

An Ivory Coast supporter in the stands for his country's famous AFCON win against defending champions Senegal has gone viral for appearing to eschew the stadium's rampant celebrations in favour of talking to a woman standing next to him.

The host nation's fate in the competition looked calamitous less than a week ago, as they teetered on the edge of group-stage elimination and made the decision to sack their manager Jean-Louis Gasset before the knockout teams had been confirmed.

But as the tournament's best losers, they progressed, and were drawn against title-holding Senegal in the Round of 16.

Led by former Reading and Nice player Emerse Fae in the interim, the Elephants trailed Senegal from the fourth minute and Habib Diallo's opening strike, but clawed their way back into the tie four minutes before normal time thanks to Franck Kessie's efforts from the penalty spot.

After playing through extra time saw the tie undecided, Senegal faltered at the last when their third penalty-taker Moussa Niakhate struck the post.

But as celebrations erupted inside Stade Charles Konan Banny de Yamoussoukro with the confirmation of a spot in the quarter-finals, one man's dogged determination to speak to his seat-mate instead was caught on camera, becoming meme-fodder in an instant.

Users on social media delighted in comparing the video clip to a number of other memes which show women listening to men perhaps under duress, as well as captioning the footage with their own commentary.

One user suggested the video showed 'me in the smoking shelter of a nightclub explaining to some girl how much I love (Jurgen) Klopp'.

Another described it as: 'Arsenal fans trying to convince us that (Bukayo) Saka is better than Cole Palmer (hand concealing a