Ivorians bank on away goal, crowd support to stop Eagles
By Paul Bassey The captain of the local Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire, Goua Mahan Mark has called on Ivorians to come out in large numbers today to support them against Nigeria. He made the call at the team’s last media parley before the final crunch that will determine which team will qualify for next year’s final competition to be held in South Africa. Asked whether he believed his team has a chance of qualifying, Mark said the one goal scored at away was vital and that if they get the type of support the Eagles got in Kaduna, then they would have themselves to blame if they do not score three goals and qualify. ”The key is for us to put pressure on them and if we can score early, may be two before half time, then we will certainly qualify,” he said. To guarantee this the match which will be held in the 2,800 capacity Robert Champroux Stadium in Marcory has been declared free of any gate takings and there are fears already that the stadium will be over packed, more so when the match wil...
