Salomon Kalou has revealed his expectations for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament to get underway later this month in Gabon.
Kalou believes Ghana will offer the biggest threat to Ivory Coast’s hopes of defending the Africa Cup of Nations.
The Hertha Berlin forward expects Ivory Coast to shine again but strong competition could come in from fellow West Africans Ghana.
He told Omnisport: “Ghana will be our biggest threat. They always will be, they’re our neighbours.
“We are cool with them but we have competition with them. It’s fun to play against them. I think they will be in the semi-final.
“Of course people expect us to do well because we’re the defending champions. I think people expect us to at least reach the semis.
“When you’ve won it once you want to win it more. We have the right mentality and good dynamic because we haven’t lost for a long time.
“Since we won the cup we haven’t lost a game. So we want to continue that for as long as possible because the mentality is high.”
