The Ivorian Football Federation has just sanctioned Didier Zokara after the draw (1-1) betweens the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire and the Atlas Lions of Morocco accounting for the sixth and final day of qualifying for the World Cup. The fine follows his subsequent reaction to the problems of captaincy of the Ivorian team.

Didier Zokora has indeed left and then returned to the team during a gathering for for the last day match.

FIF, through a statement, therefore penalized the defender whose significant measures are “ sidelining the player for the match against Morocco, a fine of ten (10) million CFA francs is imposed to the player, Mr. Didier Zokora is now excluded from the captaincy of the national team, regardless of the circumstances. “