Martes, 13 de mayo del 2014 a las 00:00

Lamouche anuncia una prelista de 28 marfileños para el Mundial

Ivory Coast World Cup squad: Emmanuel Eboué misses out
• Coach Sabri Lamouchi opts not to select former Arsenal man
• Didier Drogba and Yaya Touré included by the Elephants



Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi has named several players with Premier League experience in his 28-man preliminary squad for the World Cup.

Manchester City's Yaya Touré is joined by brother Kolo from Liverpool, Swansea striker Wilfried Bony, Newcastle's Cheick Tioté and former Chelsea winger Salomon Kalou.

Former Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboué and midfielder Jean Jacques Gosso Gosso are among the surprise absentees.

Ivory Coast will face Japan in their opening match of Group C on 14 June, with Greece and Colombia making up their fixtures.

The squad:

Goalkeepers: Copa Barry (Lokeren), Gbohouo Sylvain (Sewe Sport), Sayouba Mandé (Stabaek), Badra Ali (ASEC Mimosas).

Defenders: Kolo Touré (Liverpool), Bamba Souleyman (Trabzonspor), Jean Daniel Akpa Akpro (Toulouse), Arthur Boka (Stuttgart), Serge Aurier (Toulouse), Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille), Didier Zokora (Trabzonspor), Benjamin Angoua Brou (Valenciennes), Ousman Vieira (Caykur Rizespor).

Midfielders: Cheick Tioté (Newcastle), Yaya Touré (Manchester City), Romaric (Bastia), Max-Alain Gradel (St Etienne), Ismaël Diomandé (St Etienne), Didier Ya Konan (Hannover 96), Constant Djakpa (Eintracht Frankfurt), Geoffroy Serey Dié (Basel).

Strikers: Wilfried Bony (Swansea), Didier Drogba (Galatasaray), Gervinho (Roma), Giovanni Sio (Basel), Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow), Lacina Traoré (Monaco), Salomon Kalou (Lille).

FUENTE: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/13/ivory-coast-world-cup-squad-emmanuel-eboue