Mikel Obi reveals he was ‘scared’ to play against Drogba

Former Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has revealed he was all the time terrified to play against Ivory Coast legend, Didier Drogba.

Mikel Obi and Drogba performed collectively at Chelsea within the Premier League and gained many titles collectively.

But they confronted one another just a few occasions on the worldwide stage.

One of these got here on the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

In a video shared on CAF’s on-line social media, Mikel Obi mentioned he was afraid of Drogba as a result of the striker is a good objective scorer.

“Obviously, the player I never wanted to meet, that I was lucky I didn’t meet quite a lot, was Didier Drogba. You know, I was always scared of meeting him. Because I knew at some point in the game he would score,” he mentioned.

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