MALABO - Didier Drogba's header just before half-time was enough to give Ivory Coast a 1-0 win over rank outsiders Sudan in the Africa Cup of Nations match yesterday.
Sudan, fielding a side entirely made up of home-based players against an Ivorian team consisting only of foreign-based players, did enough to deserve a point in the Group B game.
Ivory Coast, with Drogba desperate to win something for his country at the age of 33, are among the favourites but will have to improve if they are to add to their only Afcon title won 20 years ago. Gervinho and Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso sent efforts high over the bar in a generally sluggish start by the Elephants, who seemed to struggle in the extremely muggy conditions.
The favourites broke through four minutes from half-time when Salomon Kalou provided a perfectly-flighted cross and Drogba headed in, possibly helped by a slight deflection.
Ivory Coast prevail over Sudan
MALABO - Didier Drogba's header just before half-time was enough to give Ivory Coast a 1-0 win over rank outsiders Sudan in the Africa Cup of Nations match yesterday.
Sudan, fielding a side entirely made up of home-based players against an Ivorian team consisting only of foreign-based players, did enough to deserve a point in the Group B game.
Ivory Coast, with Drogba desperate to win something for his country at the age of 33, are among the favourites but will have to improve if they are to add to their only Afcon title won 20 years ago. Gervinho and Jean-Jacques Gosso Gosso sent efforts high over the bar in a generally sluggish start by the Elephants, who seemed to struggle in the extremely muggy conditions.
The favourites broke through four minutes from half-time when Salomon Kalou provided a perfectly-flighted cross and Drogba headed in, possibly helped by a slight deflection.
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