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Barry And Kolo Toure To Play Final Games For Ivory Coast

Barry And Kolo Toure To Play Final Games For Ivory Coast

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Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry and defender Kolo Toure will mark the end of their Ivory Coast careers in this week’s friendly matches.

Both players retired from international duty after helping the Elephants win the Africa Cup of Nations this year. But they are in the squad to face Angola in Abidjan on Thursday and away to Equatorial Guinea on Sunday.

It means Barry and Toure can say farewell in front of their own fans at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium.

Barry was the star of the penalty shootout victory in last month’s Nations Cup final and Toure also had a fine game in central defence. The pair were given honorary places in a 28-man selection that includes all of the winning from the tournament as Ivory Coast uses the games to celebrate its success.

That means Manchester City pair Yaya Toure and Wilfried Bony and Roma star Gervinho will also travel for the friendlies.

Elsewhere, losing Nations Cup finalists Ghana have set up two tough games for the international window – against Senegal and Mali in France in four days.

Those teams have both reacted to poor African Cup campaigns by firing their coaches. Former national team captain Aliou Cisse is now in charge of Senegal, while Alain Giresse left to return for another spell as Mali coach.

Cisse’s biggest decision in his first Senegal squad was to recall former Chelsea striker Demba Ba, who was left out for the African Cup by Giresse.

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