African Player of Year Yaya Toure wants to win the Nations Cup
Yaya yearning for Nations Cup glory
Posted: 2012-02-01 14:48
African Player of Year Yaya Toure has revealed a burning desire in the Ivory Coast camp to finally achieve Africa Cup of Nations glory.
The Elephants have breezed through their group by beating Sudan 1-0, Burkina Faso 2-0 and Angola 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals, where they will face co-hosts Equatorial Guinea on Saturday.
Again labeled favourites for the tournament, the Manchester City midfielder is all too aware of the pressure that comes with that tag and says it will mark a failure in his illustrious career if his side don't go all the way this year.
"If there's any country that should be careful of favourites it should be us," he tells this month's edition of KICK OFF. "For the past four tournaments we have been called favourites and we have not won it
"
Toure, who played in his country's first two matches but was rested for their third group game against Angola having already qualified, is desperate to land a Nations Cup winner's medal to fill a gaping void on his mantelpiece at home.
"My biggest fear is that my generation will pass without winning anything. That will be indescriptible, as we say in French
if my country does not get anything before I retire, it will be my biggest failing."
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