Ivory Coast 'overrated'.

Simply beacuse they have Premier League stars, many pundits have tipped them to lift the African Cup of Nations.

They haven't shown us much in the way of brillance so far in this years African Cup of Nations, relying on a solitary goal from Drogba to win their first game against Sudan and an own goal from, Bakary Kone of Burkina Faso to give them a 2-0 win in their second. They have seemed slow so far in the tournament, not providing the free flowing football a lot of them produce at their European clubs. It seems they have only took victories due to the poor sides they have been playing. In additon, many big names for Ivory Coast have failed to make an impact such as Gervinho who has been merely dissapointing with his typical poor shooting ability that affects him regulary. Drogba has been decent but far from amazing not getting hardly a sniff in their game against Burkina Faso and 'influencial' midfielder, Yaya Toure who reguarly makes an impact for Manchester City being one of the best midfielder in the Premier League, has failed to make a real difference in any of the Ivory Coast's first two fixtures.

Yes, they have qualified for the knockout stages but their performances have no been up to the stantards of 'Champions'. It has only been in the light of Senegal performing poorly and getting knocked out that has influnced nobody to scrutinize the Ivory Coast. But, there have been many better sides than Ivory Coast such as Equatorial Guinea, the co hosts, who beat Senegal 2-1 to make it to the quarter finals. Equatorial Guinea have shown keeness to attack, cause problems for the oppostion and possibly if they meet Ivory Coast in the quarter finals it could be shock on the cards from the co-hosts. Only time will tell if the Ivory Coast can up their game in order to fufill their potential of being 'Champions' if they can make it thorugh the knockout stages playing at a far better stantard than they have been so far then it is possible they can lift their first title since 1992.