There have been a lot of questions heading towards the World Cup and one of those being the point of are we going to far with all these prep matches? Mexico and Ecuador have both lost key players and in some of the matches and what are we really learning when we play teams like Azerbaijan and El Salvador? El Salvador came into this game without their usual starting eleven because El Salvador wanted to test their players heading into a big competition in September. El Salvador also hadn't played a competitive match in over a year as they traveled to Toyota Park in Frisco, Texas to take on the golden generation of the elephants of Cote d'Ivoire who were themselves preparing for the world cup. For me, I love watching international soccer whether it's for a cup or just a friendly, so I get excited at the chance of watching one of Cote d'Ivoire's greatest exports in Didier Drogba.
Didier Drogba, the legendary captain of the golden generation started the game for Cote d'Ivoire and alongside unproven forward Gervinho would team up in this game for a deadly one-two punch. In the 9TH Minute, Didier Drogba cut the defense with his stealthy precision passing and found Gervinho running toward the box. When Gervinho received the ball, he made sure it counted and he rocketed it past the goalkeeper for the first goal of the game. In the 42ND minute, the roles would be reversed as Gervinho sent in a cross into the box where a sliding Drogba would get his heel to the ball as it sailed by the goalkeeper for the second goal of the game. El Salvador never really had any real chances throughout the game, but they woke up in the second half. In the 74TH minute, Kolo Touré would give up a penalty and in the 75TH minute Arturo Alvarez didn't miss as they cut the lead down to one. Unfortunately for El Salvador, they could find the equalizer and Cote d'Ivoire walked away with a decent win.
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