Nations Cup final: We’ll not underrate Zambia – Toure

Ivory Coast say they have learnt from “mistakes” and will not underestimate Zambia inSunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final.

The pre-tournament favourites beat Mali 1-0 in Wednesday’s semi-final in Libreville to make it to the showpeice event for the first time since 2006.

And Ivorian stars Kolo Toure and Salomon Kalou admit that it has not been an easy passage to the final.
“It’s been a really difficult three weeks,” Toure told BBC Sport.  We are really happy, but now there is another game against Zambia.

“They are a really good team and it’s going to be a very tough game. It means a lot to our country. The people there have been suffering so much.  “The only thing that brings them together is the national team and we try to do as well as we can.”

Toure also believes his team-mates will be able to cope with the pressure of being huge favourites against Zambia.
“We are used to that pressure. We’ve learnt from all the mistakes we’ve made in the past, this has been helping us.
“On Sunday we need to prove we have the experience and that all the bad times we’ve had make us improve. That’s the most important thing.”