"We have players like Kolo Toure (of Liverpool) and (Turkish-based defender) Souleyman Bamba who have played little.
"There are others too who have not had much game time at their clubs, either because of injury or because of a lack of confidence in them from their coaches.
"We have to give them opportunity. On the other hand, we have to allow those who have had a long season time to recover.
"Players like (Salomon) Kalou, Gervinho and (Wilfried) Bony have had long seasons," he added in an interview published on the Ivorian Football Federation website (www.fif-ci.com).
"The idea is to get to a level of consistency in our fitness after our first week of training and before, or just after, the match against Bosnia. We want the players as close as possible to a 100 percent capacity," Lamouchi said.
The Ivorians play the first of two warm-up friendlies in the U.S. against Bosnia and Herzegovina in St Louis on May 30, followed by a clash with El Salvador in Dallas on June 4. They will arrive in Brazil on June 6.
At the World Cup, the Ivorians have been drawn in Group C and compete against Colombia, Greece and Japan.
(Reporting by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Martyn Herman)
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