Gervinho will not play the last two qualifying matches for CAN 2021 . The Ivory Coast Elephants star withdrew from the matches against Niger on Friday and against Ethiopia on Tuesday. Recovering, he was allowed to join his club, Parma, on Wednesday.

And this is undoubtedly a new blow for coach Patrice Beaumelle. The unavailability of Gervinho comes, in fact, in addition to the absences of Sébastien Haller and Ouattara Zié, affected by the Covid-19.

“I had taken care to make a group of 26 players. Because there was uncertainty about the condition of Gervais, injured ten days ago with his club (…) We continued training with him. But, we realized that he was not ready, ”regrets Beaumelle.