Gervinho back for Tottenham after big heartbreak
Arsenal will be welcoming Gervinho back into the squad later this week.
The Ivorian forward has been on duty at the Africa Cup of Nations since the beginning of January and after the tournament’s completion on Sunday, Gervinho is now preparing for a trip back to London in midweek.
The 24-year-old may return in some dumped spirit though, after Ivory Coast lost the cup final on penalty kicks to new African champions Zambia.
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Indeed, it was Gervinho who missed the last and vital spot-kick for his country after Manchester City’s Kolo Toure had squandered his chance to put the pressure on Gervinho to score.
Arsenal’s summer signing cannot be too discouraged though, after it was his solo goal which too took Ivory Coast to the final. Gervinho even added more heroics on Sunday’s big occasion after he earned a penalty kick for ‘the Elephants’ which was wasted by Didier Drogba after 70 minutes of play.
Gervinho is now deemed to report to London this week, but he will be handed a rest by Arsene Wenger during the fixtures against AC Milan and Sunderland.
Thus, the former Lille man’s first game back is likely to be the home match against Tottenham Hotspur on February 26.
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The fact he didn’t take a pen til 7th? shows how flakey he is. Hardly the actions of a wing forward? Spineless.
stop hatin foo!
… or that he knows his strengths and his weaknesses and didn’t want to ruin his teams chances by taking a spot kick early when he knew he wasn’t comfortable taking them. Thats not spineless thats smart. And you my friend are obviously a moron, who needs to think long and hard about why you like football. Especially Arsenal.
Your welcom the african Hero.
But you need to work hard on your role bcos you have rival who want to challenge you (chamberlain)
I trust arsen wenger that he is going to beat acmilan by 2 nil at sansero.
even the best can miss, remember baggio missing in WC final in 1994?? No big deal. he is going to be fine, as this failure might just spur him on to be a better player
Pick up your head lad, it was something each of us have but many fail to own up too! “A bad day at the office”.
You can either bury your head in the sand or develop a much strong resolve!
Penalty kick is like a lottery. Its 20% skill and 80% luck. Nothing to be ashamed of if one missed a penalty. Everybody did it before. Also having luck be it good or bad is part of sports.
How is it bad luck to smash the ball over the bar from the spot?
As somebody else with a brain has stated, why did a forward take the 7th kick?
Blaming Kolo Toure is ridiculous. If he had taken one of the first five as you’d expect a forward to do he wouldn’t have been put in such a perilous position.
If Gervinho is still frustrated over the ANC, he can always take it out on the Spuds!
I worry that the Spurs game might be too big a game for him to jump straight back into. Especially after his pen miss. Cos he’ll want to perform well but its a big occasion and if he doesn’t you know the fans’ll let him know and that might just affect him mentally.
I think he’d be better off coming on late into the game when the spuds have tired legs so as to boost his confidence a bit when he easily skips past ’em. From the start might be like 1 step forward 2 steps back