Ahead of a highly anticipated friendly clash between the Elephants of Ivory coast and Belgium on March 5th, manager Marc Wilmots has revealed the extent to which Everton's Romelu Lukaku, Villa's Christian Benteke and Chelsea's Eden Hazard will be involved.
The Blues' star winger will only features for 20 minutes following an energy-sapping start to the New Year for the Blues during which he has taken upon the mantle of leading the Londoners' title charge upon himself.
Regarding Lukaku and Benteke, Wilmots said, "I intend to let Christian (Benteke) play for an hour and Romelu (Lukaku) for 30 minutes. We must not forget that Romelu has been unavailable for four weeks," Mr. Lamouchi told Nieuwsblade.
In the meantime, Ivory Coast boss has admitted the Belgian's threat towards his side but he says he has not instructed his players to single him out and lock him down during the game.
"We are very pleased that we play against Belgium. Everyone knows that they have a good team," Mr. Lamouchi told Nieuwsblade.
"That's right, he's [Hazard] in great shape. But we're not going to guard him with two men. Everyone knows him and he will hurt us. Therefore, this match is just a good test."
Mourinho will be glad to receive his talismanic chance-creator fresh for the Tottenham derby on Saturday.
