Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of Ivory Coast v Greece from the Estadio Castelao in Fortaleza. Kick-off 21.00 BST.

Cross from Tiote right across the face of goal. Drogba should have steamed in after that one.

Cross from Manolas cut out in the Ivory Coast box.

Early indications are that Ivory Coast may go long to the towering, powerful figure of Drogba with regularity.

Referee Carlos Vera blows the whistle to get us underway here in Fortaleza. All to play for.

FIVE MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: Greece can survive the group stage if they win the match against Ivory Coast AND Colombia beat Japan. If Japan and Greece both win, goal difference is the tiebreaker. If that does not break the deadlock, the team that has scored most goals will advance.

Two teammates will run into each other in this match. Vassilis Torosidis (GRE) and Gervinho (CIV) both play for AS Roma (ITA).

Yaya Toure: "The news came as a huge shock because I was very close to him. We spent two years apart but we were very close. As kids we always stuck together and we played in the famous local tournaments that were never-ending. I wonder how I¹ll cope without him. I know that I will no longer be able to hear him, sense him, see him, this feels awful, especially when you¹re thousands of kilometres away. Luckily, I have Kolo with me. More than once, he has played big brother to me, finding the words to comfort me, keep me strong, talk to me."

Ivory Coast have played against a team from Europe (UEFA) 22 times. They have won eight times, lost six times and eight times the match ended in a draw. In competitive matches they have won once, drawn once and also lost once.

Sabri Lamouchi (Ivory Coast): "It’s a decisive match tomorrow. I have 23 Ivorians and they all want to make history, whoever happens to be on the pitch. We’ve been working together for 40 days and we’ve been preparing for two years and I’ve never seen them work so hard. They’ve handled themselves as great professionals because this match is important to Ivory Coast.”

STAT: Greece and Ivory Coast have never played against each other before. Greece have clashed 21 times with an African country. They have won 10 matches, lost six and five matches ended in a draw. In competitive matches they have won once and have also lost one match.

Fernando Santos (Greece): "We have to score goals. I don't care who does it. If it is (goalkeeper Orestis) Karnezis, that'll be fine with me. We have to show the qualities that got us here. The Ivory Coast is a strong team with good players. But we are strong too and we got here on merit ... talk of anything else is just a distraction."

Giorgos Karagounis captains Greece after Kostas Katsouranis was sent off against Japan. He is the only member of Greece's triumphant Euro 2004 squad to be involved.

Colombia are guaranteed of a place in the second round after winning their opening two matches but second is up for grabs with Ivory Coast on three points and Japan and Greece both on a point. The Ivorians have the better chance of going through, having taken three points from Japan in their opening match. Victory over the Greeks will put them into the last 16 and even a draw might be enough.

Yaya Toure could have a huge influence on today’s game but he’s a man in the news after claiming his club Manchester City stopped him from seeing his dying brother.