UEFA have rejected the protest
lodged by Schalke over the
eligibility of Galatasaray striker
Didier Drogba to play in the UEFA
Champions League match
between the two sides. The German side had asked
European football's governing
body to investigate whether
Drogba was allowed to play in the
last-16, first-leg tie on 20
February, following his move from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua. However, in a statement on their
website, UEFA said: "Having
examined all the documents of
the case, the Control and
Disciplinary Body decided to
reject the protest lodged by Schalke." former Chelsea player Drogba,
34, agreed to join Galatasaray on
28 January after ending his short
stay with Shenhua amid claims he
had not been paid his salary. Shenhua countered that Drogba
was in breach of his contract and
it fell to FIFA to provisionally clear
the way for the Ivory Coast
international to make his
Galatasaray debut in the 2-1 win over Akhisar on 15 February. Schalke earned a draw in Istanbul
after Jermaine Jones' away goal
cancelled out Galatasaray striker
Burak Yilmaz's early opener. The two sides meet in the second
leg of the tie on 12 March in
Gelsenkirchen.

Didier Drogba, appears hasn't gotten it right since he left Chelsea, could this be the down fall of the guy?, I expect Didier Drogba to do more better in his career by locating and joining popular and rich club than Chelsea, not other way round.