2010 FIFA World Cup: Brazil Sees More Game Room Against Ivory Coast

Brazil is to meet Ivory Coast today in the Group G match that will be held in the city of Jo’burg.

Julio Baptista on Friday said that they would be expecting a good number of spaces in their game against Ivory Coast. Tuesday’s game against the North Koreans had however seen them play on the defensive mode against the fiery North Koreans where they won the game 2-1. The team will not be experiencing a lot of rigid marking as they did in the previous match and what will follow in the next match against another group favorite Portugal. The game against Portugal will surely be a tantalizer and will be played on June 25th.

Baptista who missed out playing in the earlier game said that Ivory Coast cannot be taken lightly and this would be one of their biggest obstacles in the game. He explained, “I think they will come against us and they will try to play.” He however goes on to explain “Brazil will have enough of room to play their own game of football.”

Kaka has been playing an understated game so far in the World Cup. But we do know that this man has the ability to take on the game single handed, and this was also acknowledged by his team mate Robinho.

The Ivory Coast team are a strong team, and you can generally see it from the physical strength they extrude. Didier Drogba the captain of this African side is now back at the game after him sitting on bench during the opening draw match against Portugal. The Mighty Elephant’s led by Drogba are sure to keep the Samba Brazilians on their toes. Most of Ivory Coast players play for European League football and they already know how the Brazilians play. This could be a major advantage on their side and with players like Tiote, Drogba Eboue they will do anything possible to take over the Brazilians.

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