Parma star Gervinho will have to wait for Tuesday’s international friendly against Japan to stage his Cote d’Ivoire senior national team return.
The 33-year-old was an unused substitute as the 2015 African kings played a 1-1 draw with Roberto Martinez’s team inside Brussel's King Baudouin Stadium.
Following the Elephants’ 2-0 home defeat to Morocco in a 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier, the forward retired from international football – a consequence of the West Africans’ inability to qualify for Russia.
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However, he was recalled after a three-year hiatus alongside Serey Die and Manchester United’s Eric Bailly by coach Patrice Beaumelle for October’s fixtures versus Belgium and the Asian country.