The law of nature continues to hunt Cameroon.
Striker - Breel Embolo,
a star neglected ,crusifies his country Cameroon .
There is no meritocracy in almost all sphere in Cameroon. No Geo-political, balance in decision making,no morit in appointment and employment, almost everything is based on God fatherlism , nepotism, tribal or political lines. This explains why the system is failing from A to Z.
Embolo who from every indications regretted scoring against his country in todays encounter between Cameroon and Switzerland has explained in a news outfit that he was rejected by Cameroon football hierarchy when he came home,yearning for selection into the national team. He was asked to bring his father to discuss with some highly placed personality of the nations before he could be taken . He left disappointed and went back to Switzerland where his talents is being recognized. His mother has made similar declaration on media. "We have seen his worth in today's encounter. It is still not clear if there is any Anglophone in the selection.
Football officials of this country should try to draw a regional balance in the selection of players into the national team . This will give everyone a sense of belonging and spur patriotism.What is the meaning of leaving together when some tribes have monopoly over others ,not even based on merit? How many players of the national team are from North,Extreme north,Adamawa, Southwest, Northwest and the East regions? Football authorities in Cameroon should give equal opportunities to all and try to strike a balance in the selection of players into the national team. Says a fan, Ndoh Ignatius Lantum. He who got so disappointed with the defeat of the lions today. He spoke to the Vanguard in an exclusive after the match.He observed that there was a leakage at the "magic triangle" on Cameroon side. This gave the opponent the advantage to strike the lone goal ,which inversely came from a Cameroonian playing for Switzerland National team. Embolo is said to have been rejected as he had no God father to push him through.
Football officials of this country should try to draw a regional balance in the selection of players into the national team . This will give everyone a sense of belonging and spur patriotism.What is the meaning of leaving together when some tribes have monopoly over others ,not even based on merit? How many players of the national team are from North,Extreme north,Adamawa, Southwest, Northwest and the East regions? Football authorities in Cameroon should give equal opportunities to all and try to strike a balance in the selection of players into the national team. Says a fan, Ndoh Ignatius Lantum. He who got so disappointed with the defeat of the lions today. He spoke to the Vanguard in an exclusive after the match.He observed that there was a leakage at the "magic triangle" on Cameroon side. This gave the opponent the advantage to strike the lone goal ,which inversely came from a Cameroonian playing for Switzerland National team. Embolo is said to have been rejected as he had no God father to push him through.
Reactions from fans of indomitable lions
Fanatics continue to assess the national team in relation to individuals rather than the collective output.
The coming of Eto'o worsened the situation, as his omnipresence makes nonsense even of the coach. As president of the FA, he was the only one presented with the team dressed in the team's outfit at the final training session before the match against Switzerland.
At the end of the match, attention quickly turned on Embolo, the young Swiss striker of Cameroon origin, who scored the lone goal, dashing the hopes of many fanatics.
When I saw the police guarding their Yaounde home few minutes after, and heard the bitter comment from his mum who said that her son was rejected in Cameroon, I concluded that we still have a long way to go.
Football is a big lie. Stakers and advertizers put in money and recover from tickets and sale of their products.
To sell the fake dream that Cameroon is going in to win the Cup, is to worsen the supoorters' ignorance. Making many frustrated ones to go violent at the least failure.
The social media jokes, sending threats to Embolo for the betrayal are simply out of place. To focus on who scored the goal, rather than the quality of the team that was fielded is not sportsmanship.
In a country where double nationality is illegal, why would fans talk so much about a Swiss citizen scoring a goal, simply because he was born in Cameroon?
The young man felt the burden of scoring against a team he should have defended with pride, and came over to the players to hug them, as if to say, next time will be better guys.
Too late, and we hope not too late to learn to focus on the game as entertainment, rather than looking at individuals.
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