Drogba: Not too disappointed

Skipper Didier Drogba was in a realistic mood after Côte d'Ivoire came up short in their improbable goal pursuit against Korea DPR in their bid for a last 16 spot at the FIFA World Cup™ here on Friday.

Setting out needing victory by nine goals to nudge Portugal from the knock-out round, Côte d'Ivoire could only muster a 3-0 win over the already-eliminated Korea DPR in their Group G match at the Mbombela Stadium.

For the second straight FIFA World Cup, Côte d'Ivoire bumped into another hot group and are on their way out again at the first round stage. Four years ago in Germany it was Argentina, Netherlands and Serbia and Montenegro and this time they were placed in another 'Group of Death' along with Brazil and Portugal.

"We are disappointed, but not too disappointed in a group like this with teams like Brazil and Portugal," the Chelsea superstar striker said. "We have a good team and good players but they are better than us really. Maybe we can be disappointed at not getting second spot this time, but overall we can't be too disappointed.

"If we were in a better group we would have gone through. We are unlucky to be in tough groups at both our World Cups, but to even play at the World Cup twice in a row is fantastic. To play Brazil and Portugal is like a dream for a country like ours. We were lucky to play against those nations."

source:http://www.fifa.com