{"id":41743,"date":"2022-07-02T02:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T02:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/07\/02\/ivory-coast-yaya-toure-you-have-to-be-patient-with-the-elephants\/"},"modified":"2022-07-02T02:10:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T02:10:30","slug":"ivory-coast-yaya-toure-you-have-to-be-patient-with-the-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/07\/02\/ivory-coast-yaya-toure-you-have-to-be-patient-with-the-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast-Yaya Tour\u00e9: &#8220;you have to be patient with the Elephants&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"shortcode-28-38432\">\n<p>Winner of CAN 2015, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire has since had mixed results.  But nothing to worry about Yaya Tour\u00e9.  The former captain of Elephants sees his team returning to the top in African football.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"shortcode-78-38432\">\n<p>With players like S\u00e9bastien Haller, Wilfried Zaha, Franck Kessi\u00e9, Nicola P\u00e9p\u00e9\u2026 the national team of C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire has the potential to rise to the top of African football.  It is evident that the national team of Cote d&#8217;Ivoire has the potential to rise to the top of African football for many years. <strong>They <em>Elephants<\/em><\/strong>They are far from playing the leading role on the African scene.<\/p>\n<p>Eliminated from the round 16 to last <strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23can2021\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">CAN in Cameroon<\/a><\/strong>, not qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire is indeed going through a complicated period.  A situation which however does not worry the former Ivorian international Yaya Tour\u00e9 too much.  The ex-captain <em>Elephants<\/em>Indeed, Ivorian selection believes in a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8221; <em>He<\/em> <em>There was a large hole<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;<em>At the moment, our team is young.  Truth be told, we don&#8217;t expect too much from him in terms of maturity and mentality.  This team needs stability.  The arrival of a new coach was not long ago.  It will take some time, but I am confident that we will get there.<\/em> \u201c, believes the former captain of the<em>Elephants<\/em>2015: Ivory Coast becomes African champion<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; <em>After the golden generation with my brother (Kolo Tour\u00e9), Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou, Gervinho, myself, there was a big hole behind.  It is important to be patient with them.  It is not easy.  Ivory Coast qualified for three World Cups in succession, which was not an easy feat.  We&#8217;ll see if the youngsters can overcome this next time.<\/em> \u201c, Hopes the former Manchester City midfielder.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportnewsafrica.com\/news-football\/cote-divoire-yaya-toure-il-faut-etre-patient-avec-les-elephants\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cote-divoire-yaya-toure-il-faut-etre-patient-avec-les-elephants\">sportnewsafrica<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winner of CAN 2015, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire has since had mixed results. But nothing to worry about Yaya Tour\u00e9. The former captain of Elephants sees his team returning to the top in African football. With players like S\u00e9bastien Haller, Wilfried Zaha, Franck Kessi\u00e9, Nicola P\u00e9p\u00e9\u2026 the national team of C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire has the potential to rise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ivory Coast-Yaya Tour\u00e9: &quot;you have to be patient with the Elephants&quot; - African News Paper<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africannewspaper.net\/2022\/07\/02\/ivory-coast-yaya-toure-you-have-to-be-patient-with-the-elephants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ivory Coast-Yaya Tour\u00e9: &quot;you have to be patient with the Elephants&quot; - African News Paper\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Winner of CAN 2015, C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire has since had mixed results. 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