Brazil vs Ivory Coast – teams announced
Published:Didier Drogba will make his first start of the World Cup when Ivory Coast take on Brazil tonight at 7.30pm.
The Ivory Coast captain has regained match fitness after breaking his arm, and the totemic Chelsea forward is 7/1 to score first.
Gervinho is dropped to make way for Drogba, but Sven Goran Eriksson has made no other changes to the side that held Portugal to a 0-0 draw.
Brazil, meanwhile, name an unchanged side from their 2-1 win against North Korea. Robinho looked in excellent form in their first match, and he is 5/1 to open the scoring.
The confirmed starting line-ups are:
Brazil: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Juan, Lucio (Captain), Michel Bastos; Felipe Melo, Gilberto Silva; Elano, Kaka, Robinho; Luis Fabiano
Ivory Coast: Barry; Eboue, Demel, Kolo Toure, Tiene; Yaya Toure, Tiote, Zokora; Kalou, Dindane, Drogba (Captain)
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