As he insinuated after June, Sabri Lamouchi called back Didier Drogba in his list of players summoned for the friendly match on 14 August. Ivory Coast will face in the United States Mexico. The captain of the Elephants had been forgotten during the 2014 World Cup playoffs.

Drogba then returns among the Elephants after great performances in the pre-season with Galatasaray. His last appearance was in the match of the quarter finals of the 2013 Afcon, lost against Nigeria (1-2). Besides Didier Drogba, Lamouchi offers a first selection for the new player of Malaga Bobley Anderson. The Anderlecht Gohi Bi Cyriac is also present.

However, Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue are absent in this selection.

The complete List

Goalkeepers

1 Boubacar Barry (Lokeren, Belgium)
2 SANGARE Badra Ali (Ivory Academy, VIC)

Defenders

3-AKPA AKPRO Jean-Daniel (Toulouse, France)
4 ANGOUA Benjamin (Valenciennes, France)
5 AURIER Serge (Toulouse, France)
6 Bamba Suleman (Trazbonspor, Turkey)
7 ARTHUR BOKA (Stuttgart, Germany)
8 DIARRASSOUBA Viera (Caykur Rizespor, Turkey)
9 ADI DJEDJE Brice (Evian, France)
10 ZOKORA Didier (Trazbonspor, Turkey)

Midfielders

11 ANDERSON Bobley (Malaga, Spain)
12 GOSSO-GOSS O Jean-Jacques (Glençlerbirligi SK, Turkey)
13 RAZAK Abdul (Manchester City, England)
14 DIE SEREY Geoffrey (Basel, Switzerland)
15 Sio Giovanni (Wolfsburg, Germany)
16 Cheikh Tiote (Newcastle, England)
17 Gnégnéri Yaya Toure (Manchester City, England)

Strikers

18 BOLLY Mathis (Dusseldorf, Germany)
19 BONY Wilfried (Swansee, England)
20 GERVINHO (AS Roma, Italy)
21 Didier DROGBA (Galatasaray, Turkey)
22 KALOU Salomon (Lille, France)
23 Zoro Cyriac Gohi bi (Anderlecht, Belgium)