I miss Michael Essien- Didier Drogba

14-05-2010

Ivorian international footballer, the iconic Didier Drogba, has told Kotoko Express that he misses Essien on the field so much that his prayer every day is to see him come out of injury in record time.

He says he misses his African compatriot on the field because besides the quality passes that he distributes for him to score and the ability to be a tower in their defence, Essien commands a high sense of fighting spirit and power that when things get tough for them as a team, Essien is able to bring them up by scoring one of his important goals.

Unlike other stars who normally shun their admirers, Drogba freely interacted with anyone who approached him and was mostly seen busting into laughter in his conversations.

Didier Drogba was at the World Football Gala as a last minute inclusion to receive a special award as the world’s top scorer for his exploits at goal scoring that especially saw him win the English Premier League and the goal king award as well.

What made Drogba’s award an interesting one is the fact that he scored his goals from less matches played as against his competitors.

Despite his goals, he says he would have scored more goals if his regular supplier, Essien had been in the thick of things.

“My brother, I words just can’t describe how much I miss Essien. He is a brother, a friend and colleague at work”

“His work rate ensures that we get to score the goals that we have been scoring”.

He talked about how confident he was about the early return of Essien to the pitch.

“I must say Michael has got a very strong character. As we speak (9:30pm) I am sure he is in the gym going through the difficult exercise of getting back to full recovery and I am sure that with his determination, God will add up speed and full recovery”.

“The world can’t afford to see Essien at the world cup especially when it is being played on our continent. We are all praying to get him back in shape on time for

Drogba was speaking with the Kotoko contingent at the awards when they approached him to enquire how Michael Essien was doing with his road to recovery.