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How could you not love this face?  The one, the only Maximus Bretos. The surprise team of the 2008 Toulon Tournament did it again as Marcelo Bielsa's Chile squad pushed past the Ivory Coast 2-1 to head into the Finals on Thursday against the winner of Italy v Japan. While it felt like the Ivory Coast was just about to score, Chilean #10 Pedro ...

This is what preparation looks like as Christian and myself had the early Group B match between 2008 Olympic Qualifiers Ivory Coast and United States in the 2008 Toulon Tournament in France. The first 45 minutes were ugly for the US as they barely had any of the ball, couldn't create chances going forward and ultimately defended for the entire half ...

image via Wikipedia The latest Fifa rankings have confirmed what we thought all along, donkeys run the show.  After winning the African Nations Cup for the second time (back to back), Egypt is ranked 4th coming out of Africa while Ghana takes the top spot with Cameroon and the Ivory Coast following.  The exact quote from a Fifa rep is "rankings ...

image via CNN This has got to be bullshit, but here it is anyways. Drogba has always been a master of making questionable statements to the press, but this comes from the Ivory Coast press officer regarding the African Player of the Year Award which was won by Frederic Kanoute.

With Ivory Coast beating Mali 3-0 and Nigeria beating Benin 2-0, both teams advance to the final 8 with Ivory Coast facing Guinea and Nigeria facing hosts Ghana.

After pulling up lame in Ivory Coast's 4-1 win over Benin in African Nations Cup Friday, Arsene Wenger's wig got itchy. First fears were that the rock of Arsenal's back line was out indefinitely with a major groin injury, but after flying Toure from Ghana (first class no doubt) to Paris to meet up with Arsenal's medical staff, the his bits and ...