Sunday, 20 June 2010
how much drogba, how much kaka
Today Didier Drogba, bendable casting attention a torn appropriate arm, will go up adjoin one of the world's best defenders, Brazil captain Lucio, adjoin whom who played in the UEFA Champions League semifinal. But in that match, Internazionale administrator José Mourinho had Walter Samuel and Thiago Motta allowance on Drogba. Now, if we adeptness accept something afterpiece to a mمo em mمo or capital à la main, Drogba's got a torn ulna.
I accept we're just traveling to accept to acquisition addition acumen to watch. Upon reflection, I can alone appear up with ... Kakل. Kalou. Robinho. Gervinho. Maicon. Touré. César.
The added Touré.
Yeah, this one should be account our time.
Brazil, Traveling Forward: A decidedly apathetic Brazil achievement adjoin North Korea has engendered agnosticism as to Kakل's fitness. The above all-world midfielder struggled through his aboriginal division at Real Madrid and barley alternate to the aggregation afore their La Liga campaigned closed, never re-securing a atom in Manuel Pellegrini's approved XI. The antagonist charcoal the blueprint of Dunga's Selecمo, but afterwards the achievement adjoin Korea DPR, that adeptness be for worse than better.
That's the bleak view. The optimist says North Korea played well, that Brazil was added bromidic than incapable. I'm absorbed to ancillary with the optimist, but Kakل's anatomy is still worrisome, and adjoin an Ivorian midfield that will affection the brand of Yaya Touré and Emmanuel Eboué, Kakل's adeptness to boss a bout will afresh be tested. Adjoin North Korea, he bootless the test.
Perhaps their talisman's struggles are a acceptable affair for Brazil, as it is banishment them to acquisition the "Plan B" a lot of speculated they did not have. That plan appeared to be Robinho adjoin North Korea, who affronted Manchester City and Real Madrid supporters with the accomplishment and access he apparent adjoin North Korea. Brilliantly setting-up Elano's goal, Robinho hinted he could be the artistic attendance Brazil will charge should Kakل 2010 abort to acquisition Kakل 2007, a amateur that's searching added anamnesis than astute aspiration.
Cote d'Ivoire, Traveling Forward: Sven-Goran Eriksson has Les Elephants utilizing bigger addition play in basic their attacks, a acceptable bit of assortment that may be bad affair if Drogba can not get healthy. Drogba is the alone amateur who can be alarming on the end of crosses from the wings, something that was frustratingly accessible adjoin Portugal as the Ivorians' crosses looked added like attempted switches of play accustomed the abridgement of attendance in the box.
But after a artistic attendance in the middle, the alone another Cote d'Ivoire has is aggravating to play passes abaft the aegis and achievement Gervinho, Aruna Dindane and Salomon Kalou can exhausted the Brazilians to the ball.
And that brings us aback to the accent of Drogba. Adjoin Portugal, Cote d'Ivoire was able defensively in midfield, played able-bodied at the back, formed able-bodied down the accompaniment but ultimately had little to abuse goal. They aswell had few options in how to alter their attack, both areas area Drogba instantly helps.
If Drogba is able to play a cogent bulk of this match, Cote d'Ivoire are advantageous underdogs. If he is alone a late-match substitute, the Ivorians best achievement is a 0-0 draw.
How The Bout Turns: Of advance there are set pieces, penalties, adjudicator decisions, acts of God and conflicting ntervention that can get the Ivorians above a 0-0, best case, if Drogba can't play a allusive part, but even those turns of accident may prove inconsequential if Brazil plays with urgency. Adjoin North Korea, they were flat, but if Dunga has his aggregation battlefront on all of the accepted cylinders the Brazilians cruise.
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