Posts tagged: didier drogba

“Do you know who we are?”

I really don’t know where to start with this. Bad acting, a terrible song and a generous helping of Africa cliches. Still, kudos to Pepsi for managing to make an advert about the World Cup despite not being able to actually mention the World Cup (their rivals Coca Cola are one of the tournament’s main [...]

Monday March 8th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Philosophy lessons from Ivory Coast’s coach

The night before Ivory Coast left their pre-Africa Cup of Nations training camp in Tanzania, the team’s Bosnian coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, was sat in the lobby of Dar es Salaam’s five-star Kempinski hotel, staring into the middle distance. Three hours earlier Didier Drogba had complained of a slight strain in his groin and had been [...]

Friday January 15th, 2010 in , , , | No Comments »