IVORY COAST: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Ivory Coast players celebrate 5-0 victory over Burkina Faso

Record ID: 181654

  • Title: IVORY COAST: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - Ivory Coast players celebrate 5-0 victory over Burkina Faso
  • Date: 6th September 2009
  • Summary: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST (SEPTEMBER 5, 2009) (REUTERS) IVORIAN PLAYERS INCLUDING CHELSEA STRIKER DIDIER DROGBA CELEBRATING AFTER THE END OF THE MATCH SUPPORTERS IN TRIBUNES DANCING WITH A BIG IVORIAN FLAG IVORIAN PLAYERS DANCING DIDIER DROGBA SALUTING CROWDS (SOUNDBITE) (French) JEAN ANOMA, IVORIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION PRESIDENT, SAYING: "It would have been unforgivable not to be going to South Africa, for the first world cup on our continent. It was our objective, and the objective has been achieved. Now we have to go and defend our colours better than we did in Germany." CROWD CELEBRATING AFTER MATCH (SOUNDBITE) (French) SALIMATA ZOUGMORE, BURKINABE SUPPORTER, SAYING: "We will have an African cup, my personal wish was that it would have been Burkina who took the cup. But God knows what he's doing, so I'm not too discouraged, because anyway they will get the cup for Africa." VAROIUS OF FIREFIGHTERS CARRYING A BURKINABE SUPPORTER WHO FELL SICK OUT OF STANDS ON A STRETCHER
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2009 13:00
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  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA63O0P611I2ECL6T36VENEORFH
  • Story Text: Didier Drogba scored twice to help Ivory Coast overwhelm their closest rivals Burkina Faso 5-0 in Abidjan on Saturday (September 5) in their Group E match. They now need a single point to advance to the finals for a second successive tournament.
    The Ivorians scored early and never looked back as they beat neighbours Burkina Faso in front of a restricted crowd in Abidjan, where in March at least 19 people were killed in a stadium stampede the last time the Ivorians played at home.
    Abdelkader Keita opened the scoring with a deflected shot for a single goal lead at the interval before Drogba added two more, Keita doubled his tally and Yaya Toure of Barcelona also got on the score sheet.
    The Ivorians kept up their 100 percent record in the group and will secure qualification in Malawi next month with a draw.
    Jean Anoma, president of the Ivorian Football Federation, said: "It would have been unforgivable not to be going to South Africa, for the first world cup on our continent. It was our objective, and the objective has been achieved. Now we have to go and defend our colours better than we did in Germany."
    A Burkina Faso fan, Salimata Zougmore, said: "We will have an African cup, my personal wish was that it would have been Burkina who took the cup. But God knows what he's doing, so I'm not too discouraged, because anyway they will get the cup for Africa."
    Security forces took crowd control very seriously on Saturday after at least 19 fans died in a crush at the stadium in March, during a qualifier against Malawi. Police were deployed outside and inside the stadium to prevent any fighting or crowd disturbance.
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