Moses partners Messi, Ronaldo for ‘World XI’

Nigerian international and Liverpool of England forward, Victor Moses, was a surprise inclusion on the list of World’s 11 best players to defend planet earth against the aliens.
“Aliens have arrived and they’ve challenged us to a game of football. Don’t panic… it’s purely a hypothetical scenario, spectacularly depicted in this new all-star advert,” stated the World 11 team manager and German legend, Franz Beckenbauer.
The world best players – along with Victor Moses and Bolton’s Lee Chung-Yong – have been summoned to defend Earth as part of the Samsung Galaxy XI.
Lionel Messi is Captain Planet, stopped on his morning run in Barcelona by an entourage of blacked-out vehicles with the team’s manager, Beckenbauer, handing him the armband.
And his strike partner? Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Real Madrid man may well eclipse the Argentine superstar as the No 1 footballer in the world next month.
The former Manchester United star is the favourite to be named winner of the prestigious Ballon d’Or award for the first time in his career.
That would deny Messi a fifth consecutive crown.
Ronaldo cuts short a game of foot-volleyball in the video to accept his invitation.
And he is reunited in the team with Wayne Rooney.
The England striker is shown sparring in the ring, landing some heavy blows on his opponent.
But his rival is handed some respite from a barrage of punches when the United ace is interrupted by a call from Germany legend, Beckenbauer.
The 28-year-old celebrates his inclusion as the only English player in the line-up wildly.
“It’s a great honour to be selected for the team alongside some of the world’s greatest football players,” said Rooney.
“Hopefully I’ll be able to bring my qualities and English spirit to the team and 2014 is going to be a huge year for me with club, country and now the GALAXY 11, so keep watching.”
Rooney’s not the only Premier League star in the line-up, however.
Chelsea playmaker, Oscar, is playing darts in a pub before he is picked.
And Liverpool loanee, Victor Moses, muscles in too (presumably because he is standing with the Brazilian).
Although to be completely fair to Nigerian international, Moses, he is an African Nations Cup champion and an ambassador for technology giants, Samsung, who sponsor his parent club, Chelsea.
Monaco forward, Falcao, completes the fearsome attack while there’s room too for former Everton man, Landon Donavan, and Bayern Munich’s Mario Gotze.
China midfielder, Wu Lei, and Bolton winger, Chung-Yong, are also selected, along with Russian forward, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, and AC Milan’s Stephan El Shaarawy, who is another attacker.
On paper, it seems that Spain goalkeeper, Iker Casillas, will have his work cut out against the intergalactic opposition.
Perhaps they’ll play Rooney at centre-half….