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d’Ivoire star Gervinho has hailed captain Didier Drogba as one of the
most motivated players in the squad. The Elephants have qualified for
the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.
They remain favourites to win the tournament, but
this is not the first time the team has progressed this far only to fail
to reach the summit.
Arsenal’s Gervinho, who is yet to score for the
Elephants after three games played at the competition, says the whole
outfit is conscious of the fact that being the number one team on the
continent and a favourite of the 2012 Afcon may not be enough to carry
it off.
“In past editions, we were always seen as top
favourites but we have won nothing up till now. We are conscious of this
image and the failures that have always follow, so we are ready this
time to do everything possible to avoid the previous scenarios,”
Gervinho told French radio RMC on Wednesday.
The 24-year-old former French Ligue 1 champion with
Lille says their greatest motivator within the set up is captain and
Chelsea star Drogba, who keeps reminding them of their objective for the
2012 Afcon.
Source: PUNCH
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