Ivory Coast 2-1 Japan - Five Things We Learnt

#3 The force is still with Drogba

Didier Drogba of the Ivory Coast reacts as he enters the game during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group C match between Cote D'Ivoire and Japan at Arena Pernambuco

With his fitness stil in doubt, Didier Drogba could only find a place on the bench for the game. As Ivory Coast failed to equalize after Honda’s wonder strike, Drogba was finally given a chance to make a mark fifteen minutes into the second half. He immediately created a chance out of nowhere with a sublime backheel, and there was a sudden flow of energy into Ivory Coast’s quest for goal. The move to introduce the country favourite son paid off immediately, with Bony netting a powerful header just a few minutes later. The equaliser was swiftly followed by a mistake by the Japanese goalkeeper which allowed Gervinho to make it 2-1. Just five minutes after Drogba’s introduction, Ivory Coast had taken the lead. To be fair we can say that the “power is still with him”.