Drogba Dangerous

Portugal defender Paulo Ferreira emphasized the absence of Didier Drogba of Côte d'Ivoire will be very influential. He arrived at Chelsea's hoping his absence only. Ferreira seems 'afraid' is also faced with Drogba, as the Ivory Coast is the first team will face Portugal in Group G. She described Drogba is very strong and plays a major role in the field.

"Obviously important for Ivorian Drogba. He scored many goals and will be a great loss for the team anywhere in the world if he is not healthy," he told Goal.

"But of course I hope he does not play when we met. It would be better for us."

Drogba is still not able to come train with the Ivory Coast squad. He was still absent when the Ivory Coast squad for practice on Saturday (06/12/2010).
Chelsea striker was sitting outside the field using hand protector and still re-handled the team doctor. Yet coach Sven Goran Eriksson still hoping strikernya already fit when facing Portugal.In addition to discussing the Ivory Coast star's absence, Ferreira also spoke about the retainer to Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was also a teammate at The Navigators. He believes, Ronaldo and Drogba are equally crucial for their respective countries. But the team should not rely on one person.

"He (Ronaldo) a good player, just like Drogba. But our team is not just one person, a lot of good players who have played in the World Cup," added the player number 19 is back.

Ivory Coast and Portugal are both members of the group 'hell' contain North Korea and five-time world champion, Brazil. Duel both teams held on Tuesday (15/06/2010) in Port Elizabeth Stadium