Ivory Coast coach Henri Michel has backed his players to deal with the pressure of Friday's Group C clash against the Netherlands in Stuttgart.

The Elephants performed well on their World Cup debut last weekend, but still slipped to a 2-1 defeat against an impressive Argentina side.

Another loss against Marco van Basten's men would almost certainly see them knocked out, but Michel believes there is no reason to make sweeping changes to his team.

"At this moment I am not sure if we will start with the same team," said the Frenchman.

"But I have the possibility to change a player, though there is no reason to change everything.

"We know that if we lose we have to go home and that was not why we came to Germany.

"We did well in the opening match but our opponent punished the small mistakes we made through a lack of experience.

"Now we have to prove what we are capable of and that we learned our lesson."