Didier Drogba could not be denied as he made up for a missed penalty by pouring in a brace.
Ivory Coast added another through Yaya Toure as they send Equatorial Guinea, the co-hosts, out of
the ACN. The Taranga Lions are through to the semi-finals.
Drogba will be missing today's huge showdown with Man Utd, and in his absence, Chelsea is hoping
that misfiring Fernando Torres and Daniel Sturridge, take up the goalscoring slack.
Two Chelsea team mates conspire for Cote D'Ivoire's winning start to their 2012 ACN campaign.
Salomon Kalou floats the ball from the left as Didier Drobga soars up to power his header. Looks
like 34 year old Drobga still has plenty of oomph - is he really leaving for the Chinese Super
League?
The buzz is Didier Drogba will be joining his Chelsea compatriot Nicholas Anelka in the Chinese
Super League this summer for a whopping £270,000 a week. That kind of money for three years will
amount to a nice retirement nest egg. Drogba has become an after thought with Roman Abramovich
rooting for Fernando Torres to succeed so he can justify spending an £50m giveaway, the largest in
sporting history.
szólj hozzá: Chelsea v A.Villa 1:3 MOTD
David Luiz was AWOL as Villa took advantage of Chelsea's non-existent central defense to first
slip in Steve Ireland, then Stilyan Petrov, and finally Darren Bent. The last two came within
minutes of each other towards the end of the match. Stamford Bridge erupted in boos.
Fernando Torres vs Andy Carroll; Didier Drogba vs Luis Suarez
Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel combined fetched the Reds £56m in transfer fees which left them
almost breaking even with their purchase of Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll at £22.8m and £35m,
respectively. The Reds would have loved to have Charlie Adams but Blackpool's bid of £14m was a
bit too high.
