Ivory Coast on track for 2010 South Africa

June 3, 2008

The Ivory Coast got of a stuttering start to there World Cup 2010 qualifiers, with a unconvincing 1-0 win over Mozambique on Sunday

Sekou Cisse, who plays for Dutch Eredivisie club Roda JC, scored in the 75th minute.

Cisse had come on as a substitute in the 63rd minute and took just just nine minutes before producing the game-winner.

Mozambique were not without there own chances as Dario Monteiro wasted a penalty in the 29th minute. Worst still for Mozambique, they had to finish the game with 10 men after Dario Khan was sent off in the 90th minute

Ivory Coast were without many of its top players, including Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, but the perfomance wasn’t the lighting opening expected by the 10,000 Elephents fans who crammed into the 55,000 seater Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny.

Despite a poor performance, Vahid Halilhodžić can take heart in the fact that Sekou Cisse, who has just returned form the U-23 Toulon tournament, scored in his first Cap for the Elephants.

Segun Olujide

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