Former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has revealed some of Didier Drogba’s pre-match rituals, emphasizing that the Ivorian’s boots were untouchable.<\/p>\n According to Cole, this ritual was so important that no player dared to interfere with Drogba’s boots before a game.<\/p>\n Ashley Cole shared this insight during an episode of Football’s Greatest, a podcast on YouTube, where he discussed what it was like to have Drogba as a teammate.<\/p>\n “He was possessed. He had these rituals in the dressing room after the kit man laid out the equipment,” he told former Chelsea player Joe Cole on the show.<\/p>\n He further stated that Drogba sometimes gets upset when his boots do not get the right temperature from the hot water, adding that the boots were always last. <\/p>\n “I have seen him lose it a little bit because his boots are not stretched and put in the hot water properly for the right amount of time. He doesn’t like it.” <\/p>\n “His boots were always at last.”<\/p>\n Ashley Cole spent six years playing alongside the Ivorian international at Chelsea. Cole joined the Blues in 2006, two years after Drogba arrived from Olympique Marseille.<\/p>\n Drogba left Chelsea in 2012 following their historic Champions League triumph, while Cole departed two years later.<\/p>\n Together, they won one Premier League title, multiple FA Cups, one Community Shield, one EFL Cup, and the historic UEFA Champions League in 2012.<\/p>\n Watch Asley Cole shares his memories of playing with African Football legend from the 19th minutes<\/b><\/p>\n![\"Former](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/133\/13348621.295.jpg\" "\\"Former")
play video<\/span>Former Chelsea players Ashley Cole and Didier Drogba<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n