I’ve been after this for ten years – Drogba

Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba will attempt to win the trophy that he has dreamt about for ten years, in South Africa.

The former Chelsea striker made his international debut in September 2002 against South Africa.

He contributed towards qualifying the Elephants for the first World Cup of their history in 2006, the same year as his first Africa Cup of Nations which saw Côte d’Ivoire fail in a penalty shootout in the final against Egypt, with Didier Drogba in particular seeing his effort saved by the Pharaohs’ ‘keeper.

The Shanghai Shenhua forward and his teammates came so close to lifting the highly coveted trophy in 2012, in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, but slipped up again in the final in a penalty shootout against Zambia, after Drogba had missed a penalty in regulation time. He said he was mentally ready for the 2013 edition.

“I have no pressure.  I have been after this title for ten years, but above all I think of the team before thinking of myself,” stated Drogba upon his arrival in Johannesburg.