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Wilfried Bony is expected to play in Egypt 2019 after being named in the final team of 23 Ivorian players
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Former Swansea and Manchester City striker, Wilfried Bony, will participate in his fifth African Nations Cup after being named in the final team of 23 Ivorian players for this month's tournament. in Egypt.
The 30-year-old was part of the Ivorian team that beat Ghana to win the 2015 Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea.
Elephant coach Ibrahim Kamara was selected by a provisional team of 28 players after their 3-1 win over Comoros in a preseason game on Friday, when Bony scored two goals.
It was Bony's first game against elephants since the Africa Cup of Nations 2017 in Gabon.
The player is currently without a club after being released by Swansea last month.
The Nations Cup starts in Egypt on June 21st.
Toulouse player Max-Alain Gradel, Jonathan Kodjia of Aston Villa, Maxwell Cornet of Lyon, Wilfried Zaha of Crystal Palace and Nicolas Pepe of Lille are all named in the Côte d'Ivoire list, as are Serge Aurier of Tottenham and Serey-Die in Switzerland.
Souleymane Doumbia, defender of French origin and evolving for Rennes, has been added to the provisional list only a few days ago. He also joined the final group.
Abdoul Karim Cisse, of Asec Mimosa, and Abdoulaye Bamba, a duo based in France, and Ismael Diomande, based in France, were declared unfit and injured by the elephant doctor at the end of the year. ;medical exams.
The other missing players are Deli Simona, who plays for the Czech club Slavia Prague, and Yohan Boli, who is part of the Belgian formation Saint-Truiden.
Gervinho, the former Arsenal star, will also miss – despite his 11 goals and four badists in 30 Serie A championship appearances for Parma last season – and has not been registered on the provisional list of coach Kamara.
The 23 players will travel to Abu Dhabi for the second part of their preparations, where they will play preparatory games against Uganda on June 14 and Ethiopia four days later, before flying to l & # 39; Egypt.
Ivory Coast is in Group D in Egypt 2019 and will face South Africa in its opening match on June 24th. She will face Morocco four days later before playing her last group match against Namibia on July 1st.
Cote d'Ivoire final team:
Goalkeepers: Sylvain Gbohouo (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Ali Badra (Free State Stars, South Africa), Tape Ira (San Pedro FC).
Defenders: Serge Aurier (Tottenham, England), Wilfried Kanon (ADO The Hague, Netherlands), Wonlo Coulibaly (ASEC Mimosas), Ismaël Traoré (Angers, France), Mamadou Bagayoko (Red Star, France), Cheikh Comara (Wydad Casablanca, Morocco), Souleyman Bamba (Rennes, France).
Midfielders: Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Mainz, Germany), Geoffrey Serey Dié (Neuchatel Xamax, Switzerland), Jean-Michael Seri (Fulham, England), Victorian Angban (Metz, France), Franck Kessie (AC Milan, Italy) , Ibrahim Sangaré (Toulouse, France).
Forwards: Max-Alain Gradel (Toulouse, France), Nicolas Pépé (Lille, France), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace, England), Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa, England), Roger Assalé (Young Boys Bern, Switzerland), Maxwel Cornet (Lyon, France), Wilfried Bony (alone)
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