Ivory Coast coach Herve Renard has described Wilfried Bony as the new Didier Drogba following his brace in the 3-1 victory over Algeria.
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The 26-year-old, who joined Manchester City for £28 million this January, has scored his first two goals in this year's Africa Cup of Nations to help his side qualify for the semi-final.
"Didier Drogba is not there because he decided to stop his international career," Renard said in a news conference, as quoted by ESPN.
"But we are lucky. Because when you lost Didier Drogba and you got Wilfried Bony, I think the Ivory Coast is very lucky to have another big centre-forward.
"I think you very well know the statistic that he was the best goal-scorer in England in 2014, so he also is big player."
Overall, Bony has scored 11 goals in 36 games for his national team.
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Drogba, meanwhile, is still his country's all-time record scorer with 65 goals in 104 games, but retired after the World Cup.
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