Sportskeeda’s Greatest African XI 

Attack

One of the best strikers of our time

Basically, all the players chosen to attack for the Africa XI were strikers for their respective teams, but they were quite versatile and would do well even in an unorthodox position. Samuel Eto’o, the Cameroonian, regarded by many as Africa’s greatest ever player, will work his magic from the right-wing like he did at Inter.

On the left, it will be the duty of the only African player to have won the Ballon d’Or, George Weah, to cut inside and use his raw strength to beat defenders and provide a scoring threat – a la Cristiano Ronaldo. The Liberian was instrumental in inspiring many forwards and was the first really complete forwards of his time.

And finally, we all know who is going to be the striker here: Adeba-haha! Gotcha! You thought I would say Adebayor?! This might as well have happened had he fulfilled his potential. As a result, Didier Drogba will lead the line and unleash the scoring ability of his two partners, Weah and Eto’o, with his ever-impressive play-linking abilities.

Eto’o will captain the team. The Cameroonian was actually asked by Jose Mourinho to give the pre-match dressing room speech prior to the Champions League final in 2010. In the presence of Javier Zanetti, that’s impressive.