Drogba displayed glimpses of his
old powerful self in the final
group match his perseverance
paying off as he steered home a
header. Restored The 34-year old striker who had
been dropped for the previous
game was restored to the side
on Wednesday. He is now looking
forward to meeting his close
friend and former Chelsea team- mate John Obi Mikel when the
two sides clash at the Royal
Bafokeng Sports Palace on
Sunday. -It's going to be hard and tough.
Everybody knows how good he is
and what he did with Chelsea in
the Champions League final. -It was great. He was one of our
best players and now I am
playing against him.I'm sure he's
going to give us a tough game,
Drogba said. Close pals Drogba disclosed that though
they will both be enemies for the
duration of the match, he and
Mikel have a brother like
relationship and that all form of
hostilities against each other ends as soon as the game ends -We are going to laugh before
the game, be tough with each
other during the game and then
laugh again after because we
are good friends. He is my
brother. Drogba remarked. The West African giants set up
Sunday's clash in Rustenburg
after the Ivorians topped of
Group D, while Nigeria finished
second in Group C.