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It is the ultimate test for any parent.<\/b><\/p>\n
Two sons playing on opposite teams in a match. Who are you rooting for?<\/p>\n
But this is not a kickabout in the local park or a schools’ match. This is a game at the World Cup.<\/p>\n
There are four sets of siblings playing for different nations on the biggest stage of all, including Desire and Guela Doue who could face one another this summer.<\/p>\n
Born to a French mother and an Ivorian father in the French city of Angers, the brothers play for Paris St-Germain and Strasbourg respectively.<\/p>\n
They have taken different paths in international football, with two-time Champions League winner Desire, 21, turning out for France and overlapping full-back Guela, 23, playing for Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n
“We tell each other everything and have no secrets,” Desire told French football programme Telefoot about his relationship with his older brother. <\/p>\n
“He’s such a massive support for me in my daily life.”<\/p>\n
But could their close bond be tested in the United States?<\/p>\n
Should France finish runners-up in Group I and Ivory Coast finish runners-up in Group E, the pair will face one another in the last-32 stage in Arlington, Texas, on 30 June.<\/p>\n
When Ivory Coast defeated France 2-1 in a pre-World Cup friendly on 4 June, Guela sang both countries’ national anthems before the match.<\/p>\n
Desire, who had won won the Champions League with PSG five days earlier, was an unused substitute.<\/p>\n
“It’s a shame I didn’t get to play against [my brother], as this was our first France-Ivory Coast match, but I’m happy, and he isn’t too fed up,” said Guela afterwards.<\/p>\n