Cameroun Champions League: Drogba-Eto’o! The duel eagerly awaited by the whole Africa tonight!

1191462-24906985-640-360On the sidelines of the reunion with his mentor Jose Mourinho, it is the duel Samuel Eto’o-Didier Drogba that is holding in suspense the whole African continent Wednesday. Because since he left Chelsea or the dome of the Portuguese coach, the Ivorian has already faced a team coached by the “Special One” on several occasions including Real Madrid.

There is going to be emotion in the air. Especially for the Elephant Drogba who will find his former club where he spent 8 years of his career living in 2012 with a Champions League title. But this first led tie between Galatasaray and Chelsea on Wednesday is also very important for the fans on the continent. New opportunity to decide who is the greatest between Drogba (35) and Eto’o (32). An old-world debate about African stars but which still passionates supporters. We’d rather keep the perspective of Moroccan Youssef Hadji in Jeune Afrique: “It’s very complicated. Drogba is more powerful, his head game is better. But Eto’o is technically superior, and we can see it through his dribbling, and somewhere he is more scorer. “

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José Mourinho said yesterday at a press conference: “Didier, during the game, there are no friends. So for us, there are no friends. Just respect”. A respect that is also dedicated between Eto’o and Drogba whenever one is called to speak on the other. “Didier is a legend for what he did. This is something unique. You know, African players have never met their fair value. We try to oppose to each other while we may have done more than any other European or South American player”, said the Cameroonian a few weeks ago.

Drogba and Eto’o are the best two African scorers in the history of the Champions League. The former Marseille still retains a big lead with 42 goals out preliminary rounds (34 with Chelsea, 5 with OM and 3 with Galatasaray) against 29 scored by Eto’o (1 with Mallorca, 16 with Barca, 10 with Inter Milan and 2 Chelsea).

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