Eriksson proud despite early exit

SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON felt his Ivory Coast players had made their country proud despite seeing their World Cup campaign end yesterday.

Ivory Coast ran out comfortable winners over North Korea in their final Group G game in Nelspruit but it was not enough to earn a place in the second round.

Former England boss Eriksson said: “It is a pity we have to leave because this team is getting better with every training session. But that is life, we are out and we have to accept that.