Drogba may start
CAN HE STOP BRAZIL? Didier Drogba leads his Ivory Coast teammates during warm-up ahead of a training session in Sharpeville on Thursday.Photo: AFP
Ivory Coast coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has hinted star striker Didier Drogba could start against Brazil in their Group G clash on Sunday.
Drogba broke his arm in a World Cup warm-up match against Japan but he made a miraculous recovery to feature off the bench in Ivory Coast's opener against Portugal while wearing a special FIFA-approved protective cast.
Premier League top-scorer Drogba wasn't his usual bustling self in that match and he missed a late chance to break the 0-0 deadlock, but his talismanic status in the Ivory Coast team means his inclusion against Brazil would surely lift the African side's chances of springing an upset at Soccer City.
"It wouldn't be surprising if Drogba plays from the start against Brazil," said Eriksson. "He came on for 25 minutes against Portugal and it went well. It is going to be a difficult game, but looking at what we did against Portugal, we are capable of creating a surprise."
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