A mini Chelsea union unfolds tomorrow when Portugal take on Cote D’Ivoire.
Paulo Ferreira and Ricardo Carvalho will try and stop Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou. While Deco marshals the Portugese midfield to provide service to Cristiano Ronaldo, a familiar rival of Drogba’s from those Premiership days. Ronaldo’s Man Utd counterpart Nani will not be present, ruled out through injury.
On Drogba. The Cote D’Ivoirian talisman is in all probability back for the Portugal match. He has recovered very nicely from his ulnar fracture and is training normally. Sven Goran Eriksson has left the decision to his striker. Anyone following Drogba knows that the man gives a 100% whether it is diving or scoring. So there really should be no surprise if he takes the field tomorrow.
Yaya Toure is also rooting for his captain:
” We need him back,” said Toure. “Didier’s a very important player for us. He’s our captain, we need him.”
Leo Messi has not scored, Wayne Rooney has not scored, Samuel Eto’o has not scored. The Portugal vs Cote D’Ivoire match features two Golden Boot contenders. Will Cristiano Ronaldo or Didier Drogba get on the bandwagon?