Injured, Ivorian Gervinho will miss CAN in Cameroon

Ivorian Gervinho.

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Gervinho is forced to forfeit the next African Cup of Nations in Cameroon because of a knee injury contracted this Friday, October 29 during the match between his Turkish club Trabzonspor and Rizespor (2-1).

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Heavy blow for the Elephants.

Gervinho has a cruciate ligament injury in his knee and will be out for between five and six months according to his Trabzonspor coach Abdullah Avci.

The Ivorian winger injured his knee while trying to prevent the ball from going out of bounds in the 14th minute of the match against Rizespor (2-1).

The former Gunner is guaranteed to miss the

(January 9 - February 6, 2022) after having already been absent in the two previous editions: he had not been called up by Ibrahim Kamara in 2019 and was injured in 2017. " 

 " he wrote on Instagram, demonstrating his determination.

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Returning to the selection in October 2020 after three years of absence, the 2015 African champion has since taken part in four matches with Côte d'Ivoire,

in the context

.

At 34, Gervinho can still hope to participate in his third World Cup in a year if the Elephants manage to qualify.

In the meantime, Patrice Beaumelle, the coach of Côte d'Ivoire has a large offensive reservoir to replace him with Nicolas Pépé, Wilfried Zaha, Jérémie Boga or even Max-Alain Gradel.

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