The Ivorians go head to head with Nigeria today in the billboard poster clash of the quarter-finals. It has been well documented how the Ivorian ‘golden generation’, led by captain Didier Drogba, is facing its last throw of the Nations Cup dice — a case of now or never.
So if the 2013 title is to go back to Abidjan, the Elephants must first overcome a young, inexperienced but up-for-it Nigerian side that booked this last-eight meeting with the Group D winners by filling the runners-up spot in Group C.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2013.
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