THE Ivorian football federation (FIF) failed to gain victory over OGC Nice for refusing to release Kafoumba Coulibaly for the friendly match against Guinea played on Wednesday in Abidjan.World football’s governing body FIFA ruled in favour of the French Ligue 1 club based on an awful administrative error made by the Ivorian FA on the midfielder’s invitation.Instead of the player’s name, a secretary mistakenly printed Newcastle’s midfielder Tiote Cheick on the call up letter sent to Nice, which was cleverly ignored by the French club and used as alibi not to let go the 26-year-old for the international friendly.
