OH BROTHERIn case you missed it last week, there was a brilliant bit of camerawork in France’s warm-up match against the Côte d’Ivoire in Nantes. After the African side drew level through Guéla Doué, the camera immediately panned to his younger brother on the opposition bench, Desiré, as the unusued French substitute wore a wry smile as he watched the Côte d’Ivoire celebrations.The two siblings embraced at the end of the match – a shock 2-1 win for Côte d’Ivoire – and it was obvious to see how happy, despite France’s defeat, Desiré was for his older brother, who has often been overshadowed by his PSG superstar young’un. “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 Guéla, who posted a picture of himself reading L’Équipe the following day on his way to the USA USA USA. Cheeky.The pair – born to a French mother and an Ivorian father – have always been inseparable. When Guéla was invited to a trial to join Rennes’ youth academy, five-year-old Desiré was seen doing keepy-ups on the sidelines. Following the trial, both were immediately signed by the club. In 2023, when Guéla came off the bench to make his Rennes first-team debut, who did he replace? His 17-year-old brother of course.The Doué brothers are one of seven – SEVEN! – pairs of siblings at this Geopolitics World Cup. Three other sets play for different teams – Brian Brobbey (Netherlands) and half-brother Derrick Luckassen (Ghana), John Souttar (Scotland) and Harry Souttar (Australia) and Iñaki Williams (Ghana) and Nico Williams (Spain) – while three pairs will line-up for the same nation: Lucas and Théo Hernández (France), Laros and Deroy Duarte (Cape Verde) and Leandro Bacuna and Juninho Bacuna (Curaçao). Jurrien and twin brother Quinten (Netherlands) would have made it eight had Jurrien not been ruled out with knack.There has only been one pair of brothers that have ever played each other at the World Cup: Germany’s Jérôme Boateng and Ghana’s Kevin-Prince Boateng, who faced off at both the 2010 and 2014 tournaments. Guéla and Desiré Doué could well be next, with Côte d’Ivoire a potential opponent for France in the knockout stage this summer. “My brother and I are like twins,” Desiré told Téléfoot. “That’s how we’ve always felt, right from a young age. We have this incredible bond that loads of people have commented on over the years. We tell each other everything and have no secrets. He’s such a massive support for me in my daily life.” We’ll see if that brotherly love is still in tact if Côte d’Ivoire repeat their victory at the GWC.LIVE ON BIG WEBSITEMichael Butler is currently steering the good ship GWC Newsblog towards its mooring for the day, but Scott Murray will then take up the mantle at 9pm BST for (luke)warm-up updates from England 2-0 Costa Rica.QUOTE OF THE DAY