Whilst all the teams are busily preparing for the tournament, one of the number one newspapers in The Ivory Coast, Fraternité Matin, reported earlier this week that, The Ivorians were busily enjoying a fashion show highlighting designs and colour of participating countries in the sub-region.
1-1 was the result of a frustrating friendly match between coach Gilis men, the Elephants and the Al Arabi club on Wednesday. Baky Koné equalised in the second half (66th minute). This disappointing results could be blamed on the departure of Uli Stielke (their original) to tend to his comatosed son the day before their departure for Kuwait where their training camp was based.
Coach : Gili
Captain :
Goalkeepers:
Jean-Jacques Tizie (Esperance Tunis)
Boubacar Barry Copa (KSK Beveren, Belgium),
Gerard Gnanhouan (Montpellier, France)
Defence:
Cyrille Domoraud (Creteil, France),
Blaise Kouassi (ES Troyes, France),
Abdoulaye Meite (Marseille, France),
Etienne Arthur Boka (Strasbourg, France),
Abib Kolo Toure (Arsenal,England),
Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal/England)
Marc Zoro (FC Messina, Italy).
Midfielders:
Didier Zokora (St Etienne, France),
Emerse Fae (Nantes, France),
Kanga Gauthier Akale (Auxerre, France),
Romaric Ndri Koffi (Le Mans, France),
Gnegneri Yaya Toure (Olympiakos,Greece),
Gilles Yapi Yapo (Young Boys, Switzerland),
Guy Roland Demel (Hamburg, Germany)
Strikers:
Bakari Kone (Nice, France),
Didier Drogba (Chelsea, England),
Arouna Kone (PSV Eindhoven/Netherlands),
Bonaventure Kalou (Paris Saint-Germain, France),
Abdoul Kader Keita (Lille, France),
Aruna Dindane (Lens, France).
