Eto'o and Drogba Among the World's Best

The Cameroonian striker, Samuel Eto'o and the Ivorian striker, Didier Drogba, are among the best in the world. Eto'o has especially been at the top of his game this season and for this he is seen as probably being the best in the world today. One commentator put the matter best:  "if you had to choose a striker to convert a chance upon which your life depended, who would it be?" Probably a better question would be: "what is it that makes Africans excel, especially when they are outside the continent than when they are in it?"