Ivory Coast call up Christopher Operi for World Cup as injury replacement

[p]His place is to be ‌taken by left-back [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/operi-christopher/lIu2iTW5/"]Christopher Operi[/a], ‌who was in the squad for the Africa Cup ‌of Nations finals in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/morocco/IDKYO3R8/"]Morocco[/a] ⁠at ‌the turn of the year but ​then was injured when the Ivorians beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/south-korea/K6Gs7P6G/"]South ​Korea[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/scotland/fZRU25WH/"]Scotland[/a] in friendly internationals in March.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/akpa-clement/fo9YVp8o/"]Akpa[/a], who ⁠has been ​capped five times, suffered an adductor injury at training with his French club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/auxerre/MTLr36WA/"]AJ ‌Auxerre[/a] and missed the last weekend of Ligue 1 action earlier this month.[/p][p]Operi, who plays at Turkish club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/basaksehir/YqP5NmC1/"]Istanbul Basaksehir[/a], has joined the Ivorian squad at the training camp in Paris.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ivory-coast/G2FRjBgn/"]Ivory[/a] Coast have ‌a friendly match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/france/QkGeVG1n/"]​France[/a] on June 4th in ‌Nantes before heading to the World Cup where they take on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ecuador/8tbm8Tri/"]Ecuador[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/curacao/bLLGpOkQ/"]Curacao[/a] in Group E.[/p]