Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene said he warned Ivory Coast star forward Didier Drogba that he would miss his penalty if it wasn�t genuine.
Mweene teased Drogba in last Sunday�s Africa Nations Cup final with a blind man gesture just before he missed a 68th minute penalty.
The Elephants had won the penalty after Isaac Chansa brought down Gervinho.�Before he (Drogba) took the penalty I told him that if it�s a genuine penalty you won�t score and that you won�t even score if it wasn�t genuine. I said you won�t even see the goal,� the Free State Stars keeper said.�He took it and he hit it over the bar and I told him: you see it wasn�t genuine then he looked at me and just smiled.�
Mweene said that Drogba�s penalty miss was an early sign that Zambia would win the Africa Cup.
The Goalkeeper of the Tournament said he wasn�t surprised that Drogba returned in the post-match penalties to successfully convert in a scoreless final that ended 8-7 on spot-kicks in favour of Zambia.
�He was nervous when he was taking it after the first miss � that�s why he took his time,� Mweene said. �I could see his teammates there were also pushing each other to go and take penalties.�
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