Ivory Coast defender Souleymane Bamba believes the World Cup has been deprived of the real Didier Drogba as a result of the Chelsea striker’s broken elbow suffered just days before the tournament kicked off.

 

Although Drogba has scored the team’s only goal of the finals so far – a consolation against Brazil – he has been largely subdued in South Africa, not helped by the protective cast he must wear on his arm.

Bamba said: “We can tell he is still not 100% fit. Didier is our captain and it was disappointing with his injury.”