Ivory Coast defender Yaya Toure is relishing the chance to test himself against Portugal's all-star line-up as his World Cup adventure gets under way.
The 27-year-old Barcelona man and his team-mates go head-to-head with Cristiano Ronaldo and company in Port Elizabeth this afternoon with the two sides ready to battle it out with Group G rivals Brazil and North Korea for a place in the last 16.
Even if striker Didier Drogba is able to play barely a week after undergoing surgery to repair a broken bone in his arm, the Africans know they will face a stiff test.
However, that is not something which fazes Toure.
He said: "I would rather play against great players than to face players who are not of such a high calibre.
"We know we are facing high-level players and a high-level international team, so it is not going to be easy.
"But we have within our team high-quality players, we have people who play at major clubs and who can deliver the goods, so it is going to be a great game and we have got to enjoy it."
