IVORY COAST coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is quietly confident striker Didier Drogba could play in today’s World Cup opener against Portugal.
A little more than a week after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured bone in his arm, the 32-year-old Chelsea frontman trained with his team-mates at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth yesterday as his manager waited to hear whether he could be allowed to play wearing a lightweight cast.
Asked if Drogba will play in the Group G game, Eriksson said: “I don’t know, and I am honest, I really don’t know.
“Probably we will take the decision if he will start the game or not start a couple of hours beforehand.
“He had a very good practice session and hopefully he will be okay.
“But I don’t know. The one who can say yes or no is himself,” he said.
