Chelsea Legend Hopes an African Country Wins the World Cup

• Former Chelsea forward Didier Drogba has said that it is just a matter of time for an African country to win the World Cup
• No African country has ever won the biggest football showpiece, with only Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal advancing to the World Cup quarterfinals
• Senegal, Cameroon, Tunisia, Morocco, and Ghana will be the five African representatives in the 2022 World Cup

African football legend Didier Drogba believes an African country has the chance of winning the FIFA World Cup one day.

Ghana defeated Nigeria last month to join four other African nations heading to Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, and Senegal, along with the Black Stars will represent CAF in the first ever November/December World Cup.

All five qualifiers booked their places at Qatar 2022 by winning two-legged playoffs.

And ahead of the global showpiece, Chelsea legend Drogba claimed that the qualified nations are the best in Africa, and that a country from the continent will win the World Cup one day.

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Drogba told beIN Sports, as quoted by KingFut:

“I hope that one day I see an African team winning the World Cup,” Drogba said.

“The World Cup should have more African teams, I am glad that will happen starting from the next edition.

The legendary Ivorian striker added that he was not surprised that Egypt and Algeria failed to qualify for the World Cup.

“Egypt and Algeria failing to qualify was expected, the teams who qualified are the best in Africa.”

Frank Lampard names Didier Drogba as his best teammate

Sports Brief earlier reported that England legend Frank Lampard has played with the likes of John Terry, Michael Ballack, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and Petr Cech, but named none of them as his best ever teammate.

The 43-year-old icon is one of the greatest players to play for Chelsea, scoring an astonishing 147 goals in 429 appearances. In addition, he starred alongside many greats with the Three Lions of England.

During his spell at the Stamford Bridge with the Blues, he featured in one of the greatest Premier League teams, along with Didier Drogba, who he named his best teammate.