Michel was in charge of Tunisia at the 2002 Nations Cup and took Ivory Coast to the final in 2006.
Substitute Aruna Dindane had an effort ruled out for offside in the closing stages but by then, as far as Ivory Coast's World Cup hopes were concerned, it was all a little irrelevant.
The Test match was originally scheduled for the Saturday but has been put back 24 hours to avoid a clash with Argentina's football team, which is playing a World Cup match against Ivory Coast on 10 June.
City will also be without defender Kolo Toure during January as he will be representing Ivory Coast at the African Nations Cup in Angola.
Ivory Coast begin their 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign against Mozambique on 1 June, Botswana and Madagascar are the other two sides in Group 7.
Chelsea, though, will have to cope without Drogba in January when he travels with the Ivory Coast to Angola for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Although Nigeria lost 1-0 to the Ivory Coast in Tuesday's African Cup of Nations semi-final, Okocha believes Eguavoen has started the important process of building a young, talented side that will be formidable in the future.
Ivory Coast have also qualified for the World Cup and face the Netherlands in a Group C game in Stuttgart on 16 June.
All three sides are warming up for World Cup qualifying matches next month, although Ivory Coast and Paraguay are missing key players who did not make the trip to Japan.
In June and July they are up against Ivory Coast and Burundi in their last two Nations Cup matches, effectively needing to win both to qualify for the 2004 Nations Cup finals in Tunisia.
The Ivory Coast are Africa's leading contenders to win a first World Cup title when the competition is staged on the continent for the first time.
There were no miracles for Ivory Coast in Nelspruit as the west Africans were knocked out of the World Cup despite comfortably beating a defensively-frail North Korea .
Ivory Coast, who conceded twice in every game during their debut appearance at a World Cup in 2006, had only mustered errant long-range strikes from Siaka Tiene and Ismael Tiote during the opening 45 minutes.
Of the other African World Cup qualifiers, Algeria impressed in the later stages - especially with their resilience against Ivory Coast.
"I think this World Cup in Africa is very important, for the continent, not only for the Ivory Coast and not only for me, " the Chelsea star said.
The Angola tournament has been eagerly anticipated as an early chance to assess the form of African powerhouses such as Drogba and Toure's Ivory Coast, Essien's Ghana and Eto'o's Cameroon ahead of the World Cup.
The Ivory Coast need just a single point from their last two games to earn a spot at the World Cup.
The result brought Ivory Coast's 100 percent run in the group to an end but ensured they will feature in the World Cup Finals for a second time following their debut appearance in 2006.
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