Former Captain of Elephants who did not succeed in convincing club presidents, it’s the experienced Yacine Idriss Diallo who was elected for four years.
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He was not the favorite of the ballot, but the defeat is no less cooing. Saturday, April 23, Didier Drogba got only 16% of the votes in the first round of the election to the presidency of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF). Thirdly arrived, the former international was disqualified after ten hours of general meeting. Dry elimination that amazed the journalists and relatives of the candidates present in the Great Félix-Houphouët-Boigny Foundation room in Yamoussoukro. It is finally Yacine Idriss Diallo, Vice President of the AFAD AFAD Club, who won with 63 votes, against 61 for the other finalist, Sory Diabate.
Sound, Didier Drogba briefly congratulated the new president before going up in his car: “I wish him an excellent term. What else can I say? Wish him good luck and accompany him in his task. “To win, the Ivorian star had to convince the majority of FIF’s major voters, club presidents for the most part. But the former Captain of the Elephants met too late these notables, which entered his image. According to the Fernand Fernand sports journalist, he was wrong to start his campaign “from the top”: “He went to see the head of state, his wife, the Minister of Sports, some partners, like to impress And show that he had the authorities with him. Only in this election is the ground that makes the chef. “
In recent weeks, Didier Drogba had attempted to catch up by surrounding themselves with prominent law councilors, management and finance and making it more available for the Ivorian press, which he had previously neglected. He had also evolved his program, promising to invest more in clubs. But his absence to the televised debate between the three candidates – he was at the same time the guest of a competitive private chain – had made a few days of the ballot.
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Didier Drogba will not have known to imitate Samuel Eto’o, elected President of the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) in December 2021. “Life is made of learning and trials. Didier Drogba is a champion , I know he will get up very quickly from this little defeat, he knew others, “says the former attacker of PSG Bonaventure Kalou, a member of the new president team:” He learns quickly, he said it, I’m glad he tried to carry out his project. “
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