Ivory Coast plays its final warmup macth today against Lybia ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations coming up next month.  Arsenal’s Ivorian attacker, Gervais Yao Kouassi alias; Gervinho is highly awaited in this encounter as he will have to confirm his brilliant start this season with Arsenal. Meanwhile, the elephants defeated Tunisia recently in the other friendly in Abu Dhabi 2-0. Gervinho will have to be more present in today’ s match in order to reassure his fans for the Africa Cup of Nations that kicks off in Equatorial Guinea on January 21 2012.

One time winners of the Afcons ( 1992), the ivorians will play this year in group B along with the “Palancas Negras” of Angola, the falcons of Sudan and the “etalons” of Burkina Faso.

Tunisia has won the Africa Cup of Nations one time (2004) and features this year in group C with Morocco, Niger and Gabon.