Ivory Coast Defeats Egypt 4-2 In Friendly

Essam El Hadary saves a shot by Traore Lacina
Photo by: KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images

The Ivory Coast defeated Egypt 4-2 in a friendly match at the Al-Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Arsenal striker Gervinho notched a double for the Elephants, who looked sharp even without some of their biggest names in the final tune-up match before the 2013 AFCON, which kicks off on January 19th.

Meanwhile Egypt, who are coached by former U.S. National Team manager Bob Bradley, look to be going through a difficult spell after missing out on this year’s Africa Cup of Nations by losing to the Central African Republic last June.

Goals - Abou Treika(EGP) 20, Gervinho (IVC) (38, 53), Traore (IVC) 40, Nagy ‘Gedo’ (EGP) 61, Konan (IVC) 83

Egypt - Essam El-Hadary, Ahmed Shedid Qenawy, Wael Gomaa, Rami Rabea, Ahmed Fathi, Hossam Ashour, Omar Gaber, Abdallah El-Said, Mohamed Abou-Treika, Mohamed Nagy “Gedo”, Marwan Mohsen

Ivory Coast - Boubacar Barry, Emmanuel Eboue, Didier Zokora, Kolo Toure, Razak Abdul, Cheikh Tiote, Max Gradel, Siaka Tiene, Gervinho, Lacina Traore