Ivory Coast 1-2 Colombia: Les Elephants no longer secure
Ivory Coast were outmuscled, outthought and outplayed by Colombia in Brasilia An underwhelming display by Ivory Coast against Colombia, and a bore draw for Japan and Greece [...]
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Japan 1-2 Ivory Coast: Drogba wins it by just being there
62 minutes: Die off, Drogba on. 64 minutes: Bony scores. 66 minutes: Gervinho scores. The stats will tell you that Ivory Coast’s captain wasn’t directly involved [...]
Exclusive Interview: Jean-Jacques Gosso
He’s Gary Neville without the jobsworthiness, Cafu on a congestion charge, Dani Alves without the multi-instrumentalism, Alexis Mendomo without the razzmatazz. Anyone who [...]
Gervinho: a lighter man in orange
Jonathan Wilson published an editorial during the 2013 African Cup of Nations in late January. The short piece highlighted the difference in Gervinho’s demeanour when [...]
Sandals For Goalposts 