Which of these continents have had the best attacking footballers in the last three decades?
Europe with the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo , Luis Figo , Dennis Bergkamp , Marco Van Basten , Thierry Henry , Zinedine Zidane , Alessandro Del Pierro , Jurgen Klinsman , Ruud Guillit , Zlatan Ibrahimovic , Andrei Shevshenko , Patrick Kluivert , Miroslav Klose , Alan Shearer , etc...
Africa with the likes of George Weah , Didier Drogba , Samuel Eto'o , Rabah Madjer , Roger Milla , Abedi Pele , Jay Jay Okocha , Daniel Amokachi , Anthony Yeboah , Rachidi Yekini , etc.
Close but I think Africa wins
The skills , pace and power of Weah , Drogba , Eto'o and Yeboah , the technical genius of Madjer , Okocha , Abedi Pele and Amokashi and the absolute goal scoring prowess of Milla and Yekini would just give them a slight edge over their european counterparts imo ...
For the record I think the south american attacking players over the past 30 years have been the best in the world
Thoughts?
Europe vs Africa
posted on 13/1/17
comment by Shugs (U14253)
posted 16 hours, 30 minutes ago
comment by ManUtdDaredevil (U9612)
posted 9 minutes ago
Yekini was a donkey who had one good season in portugals top flight
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One of the most stupid comments I have ever read on this site.
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really?
Outside his spell with Shooting Stars in Abidan, Nigeria.... he scored little or no goals anywhere in club football bar his spell at Vitoria Setubal in Portugal and a short spell late in his career in Zurich
His spell there included one season in the top flight where he scored goals and his career best season in the second
He wasn't physically a donkey obv... but he does not belong anywhere near a list compared to the European names mentioned
In the 94 world cup he looked cumbersome... all the hype about the Nigerian team was around him before the tournament (mainly lead by John Fashanu)
Amokachi was the star of that team
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We lived in Nigeria then and Yekini was feared across the whole of Africa.
He was immense, larger than life and a lethal finisher.
posted on 13/1/17
comment by Zlatan The King Ibrahimovic (U10026)
posted 5 hours, 47 minutes ago
Baggio didn't even make his list so I'm not surprised he forgot to actually include good African players.
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I could name 20 italians that would make his list
posted on 13/1/17
That'd be unfair, though. As it'd make a mockery of his article....
posted on 13/1/17
Don't you mean, sharticle?
posted on 13/1/17
That'd be an insult to sharticles.
posted on 13/1/17
posted on 13/1/17
Pretty sure I could also name quite a few dutchmen, spaniards, frenchmen, germans, englishmen, welshmen, scotsmen.
Aww hell, I could name close to a hundred Europeans not on that list.
Sad thing is, there is some potential here for a superb article
posted on 13/1/17
Not really because it's ludicrous to suggest Africa have produced better attackers than Europe.
posted on 13/1/17
I meant an article about the talents produced by both continents and their impact on the world of football.
Not who is better at this or that.
posted on 13/1/17
Oh ok, I got you.