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01.06.2009 19:43

Touré Yaya keeps his promise

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This Monday Touré Yaya has kept the promise he made just before the Champions League final when he said that if the club won he would take the trophy to Ivory Coast.

This Monday the Barcelona player has made a round trip to Ivory Coast to show off the Champions League trophy Josep Guardiola’s team won last Wednesday in Rome against Manchester United. Touré was greeted by crowds of fans anxious to see the Cup up close.

Ivory Coast’s first European champion

Touré Yaya thus kept the promise he made in the event that Barça were to win the trophy. He is the first Ivory Coast player to be a European champion.

Welcomed by the country’s President

With the season over and with the club’s permission to take the trophy, Touré Yaya headed to Ivory Coast this Monday where he was met by Laurent Gbagbo, the country’s President, at the airport.

Large crowds

There were also a lot of fans there to greet the player and see him alongside the Champions League trophy.