Côte d’Ivoire Sunday defeated African champions
Nigeria 1-0 in Abu Dhabi, thanks to a late goal from
former Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou. The
Elephants attacked more in the game, but they were
unable to find a way through against the equally
impressive Super Eagles side who stood tall to them.
With both coaches fielding talented players in the
build up game, the two teams treated the fans to a
classic, but the one-time African Cup of Nations
winners nevertheless managed to emerge
triumphant with Kalou’s 84th-minute strike.
Super Eagles stand-in coach Daniel Amokachi handed
starts to enterprising Stanley Dimgba and Nigeria
Professional Football League top marksman Mfon
Udoh.
There was a worrying sight for Elephants fans in the
opening exchanges when the dangerous Gambo
Mohammed side footed his effort from close range.
Cote d’Ivoire fielded majority of their stars with
African Footballer of the Year, Yaya Toure getting a
good match from the fearless Joseph Nathaniel in
the midfield.
Roma winger, Gervinho should have given the
Elephants the lead in the 27th minute of the match
when he beat the Nigeria defence, but he was denied
by goalkeeper Chigozie Agbim.
Cote d’Ivoire threatened again when Serge Aurier
headed wide from a corner kick and the first half
ended goalless in Abu Dhabi.
In a bid to grab the winner, the Cote D’Ivoire
technical crew led by Hervé Renard threw more
bodies upfront and pressurised the Super Eagles side
in the second half.
At the home stretch, Newcastle United midfielder
Chieck Tiote found Kalou in the area and the forward
slotted the past Agbim in goal for Nigeria. Nigeria’s
tour of United Arab Emirates will come to an end
with a game against the Falcons of Sudan on 17th Jan 2015

www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/cote-divoire-clip-eagles-wings/

Failure everywhere! Wey that yeye yobo boy sef! D idiott don dey lick GEJ yansh hole now..

All the same , I am a winner. 9ja in my heart, Yopugon in my mind. I love the African West. I see uniqueness in our blood.

yall must be mad if you thinking you expect local players to beat the likes of proven world class stars like yaya, toure, gervinho, kalou n co

blemon44:
falcons




but i'm proud of the team that played cote d'Ivoire cos its not the first eleven
many of them are just making their super eagles debut and almost all of them
are home based players

nonsense. your best eleven team would struggle with the elephants. The elephants are capable in playing the world eleven. I just love the elephants.

360command:
nonsense. your best eleven team would struggle with the elephants. The elephants are capable in playing the world eleven. I just love the elephants.

Yea, because they won the last time they played us, right?

If they're as good as you say they are, then they should've beaten our local team 4-0 or 5-0. The fact that they won by a goal that was produced from a misplaced pass, means that they have ALOT of work to do.

sambos994:


Yea, because they won the last time they played us, right?

If they're as good as you say they are, then they should've beaten our local team 4-0 or 5-0. The fact that they won by a goal that was produced from a misplaced pass, means that they have ALOT of work to do.

the last time we won but they fought to the last end. Look, my point is,the ivorian team wud take on any team any day anytime. Whether your team is dream team or fifa 11

blemon44:









But Nigeria first eleven defeated that your elephants a year a ago

when the super eagles were the underdogs

ignorance is what is killing you. That same elephant defeated S.eagles 2 nations cup back.

360command:
ignorance is what is killing you. That same elephant defeated S.eagles 2 nations cup back.

And that was what, 6 years ago? The fact of the matter is that the elephants should have a better team with the calibre of players they have NOW. They haven't been living up to expectation.

sambos994:


And that was what, 6 years ago? The fact of the matter is that the elephants should have a better team with the calibre of players they have NOW. They haven't been living up to expectation.

and what are we? We rise n fall, fall n rise. Tune on your dstv, multitv ,watch other african stations, they are saying nigeria won last cup of nations by luck. If the nigerian team is so strong ,why can't they qualify for cup of nation, last 2 worldcup, we were not there. Abeg, we dey F up for our football. We really dey F up.

360command:
ignorance is what is killing you. That same elephant defeated S.eagles 2 nations cup back.

afta defeating us they won d cup bah?
mumu

IbokUtoroh:







afta defeating us they won d cup bah?
mumu

yes! Buzu