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– Egypt coach Carlos Queiroz is unhappy with former Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o’s comments that compared the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final between the two countries to a war.
– A video published on the official Cameroon Football Federation Fecafoot Facebook page shows a speech by Eto’o, who is now its president, where he uses the word ‘war’ more than once when referring to the game.
– The former Barcelona striker, 40, was talking in the Cameroon dressing room shortly after the quarter-final win over The Gambia, but his choice of words has not gone down well with Queiroz.
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– “It’s a very unfortunate comment, a very bad approach, a very bad message to the people of Cameroon,” the 68-year-old said.
– “To make this declaration of war before one game shows he didn’t learn anything when he was in professional football.
– “Football is not about war. Football is about celebration, it’s about joy, it’s about happiness.”
– Alluding to the fatal crush at the Olembe Stadium which killed eight people on Monday, 24 January, Quieroz added: “He forgot that people died at the stadium a few days ago.”
