Champion v Clown

Thursday, May 25th, 2006 at 1:58 PM

It looks like Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o shares the faith. Eto’o believes an African team can win the World Cup in Germany.

Despite the absence of Nigeria and Cameroon at next month’s tournament, Eto’o said there was plenty of potential in Ghana, Angola, Tunisia, Togo and the Ivory Coast.

“I think all the African teams that are there are there for a reason. They have the means to live their dreams and go all the way. But they need to believe.”

Here is a guy who just had the season of his life. If there is anyone who has just cause to be aggrieved with missing out on Germany it is Eto’o. He would have been one of the players of the tournament. He was a just a penalty kick away from qualifying for the World Cup. In short he has a lot to be bitter about. Regardless he made it clear where he stood and gave the African teams that made it to the World Cup his support and endorsement.

Compare that with the childish, silly El-Hadji Diouf. Here is a former African Footballer of the Year who like Eto’o missed out on World Cup qualification with Senegal.

“The wrong teams are going to the World Cup. If you have seen Ghana, and then you see Cameroon, Senegal and Nigeria, you know the wrong team is going.”

What a complete muppet. Putting aside for a minute the stupid argument about “wrong teams” Diouf simply does not have the pedigree to talk like this. If it had come from a Nigerian or Cameroon player it would have an equally stupid argument but a little bit more forgivable. After all Nigeria and Cameroon have qualified again and again and again and have represented Africa well. Senegal has qualified only once. We all got behind them when they went to Japan/Korea why the hell can’t Diouf display the same courtesy he was afforded to his fellow professionals?

Eto’o = true champion
Diouf = complete clown

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