Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha and Arsenal’s Nicolas Pepe lead a cast of familiar faces in the 23-man Ivory Coast squad to face the Democratic Republic of the Congo in an international friendly match on October 13 in Amiens, France.
Elephants coach Ibrahim Kamara named a largely unchanged squad from the team that played Benin and Tunisia’s in September's friendly matches.
Reading midfielder Yakou Meite returns after failing to make it into the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations final squad.
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Also coming in is striker Christian Kouame of Genoa, who is set to make his senior national team debut after sterling performances with the Under-23 side in the 2020 Olympic qualifiers.