Could an African Player win the World Cup Golden Boot this year?

COMMENT By Solace Chukwu Follow on Twitter

It stands to reason that the closest an African player has ever come to winning the World Cup Golden Boot was in 1990, when Roger Milla's four goals propelled Cameroon to a place in the history books. After all, the more games played, the greater the chances of scoring; group stage exits, largely the continent's lot down the years, do not suggest prolific attacking.

Milla was bested eventually by Salvatore Schillaci, who finished with six as Italy went one better and played two more games.

However, this logic does not always hold: subsequent Golden Boot winners James Rodriguez and Miroslav Klose, in 2014 and 2006 respectively, essentially won by…