Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Didier Drogba recalled to the Ivorian national team
After being away from his national
duty for almost 6 months, Ivorian and former Chelsea FC striker Didier Drogba
has been recalled to the Ivory Coast squad for the August 14 friendly against
Mexico.
Drogba was dropped for the first
time during the Nations Cup and Coach Sabri Lamouchi then left him out of World
Cup qualifiers in March and June. The Elephant, who were much rather considered
“favorites” in the competition failed to live up to their reputation as they
crashed out of the competition in the quarterfinals.
Following Drogba’s absence from the team, there were lots of speculations including a supposed rift between
Lamouchi and the Ivorian international, however, he was quick to reply that the
captain of the his team will return only when in top shape. No doubt, Drogba is
doing just that, he was in top shape over the weekend helping Galatasaray win a
pre-season mini-tournament at Arsenal
Full list for the game:
Ivory Coast squad:
Goalkeepers: Boubacar Barry
(Lokeren/BEL), Ali Badra Sangare (Ivoire Academie)
Defenders: Souleymane Bamba, Didier
Zokora (both Trabzonspor/TUR), Arthur Boka (Stuttgart/GER), Benjamin Brou
Angoua (Valenciennes/FRA), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Serge Aurier (both
Toulouse/FRA), Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba (Caykur Rizespor/TUR), Brice Dja
Djedje (Evian/FRA)
Midfielders: Yaya Toure, Abdul
Razak (both Manchester City/ENG), Cheick Ismael Tiote (Newcastle/ENG), Giovanni
Sio (Wolsburg/GER), Geoffroy Serey Die (Basel/SUI), Bobley Anderson
(Malaga/ESP), Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso (Glenclerbirligi/TUR)
Attackers: Didier Drogba
(Galatasaray/TUR), Gervinho (Arsenal/ENG), Salomon Kalou (Lille/FRA), Wilfried
Bony (Swansea City/ENG), Mathis Bolly (Fortuna Duesseldorf/GER), Cyriac Gohi Bi
Zoro (Anderlecht/BEL)
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