Côte d'Ivoire went next to their World Cup. Yaya Touré and his teammates were eliminated in the first round of the competition in a fairly open group.
After his successful season at Manchester City, the midfielder of Elephants experienced hard times before, during and after the World Cup. The former FC Barcelona suffered the blow: "I went through this World Cup as a ghost," admits Manchester Evening News. "I've never been 100%. I gave everything I could, but sometimes it was not enough, I suffered in silence, I kept it to myself."
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