Former Cameroonian International Samuel Eto’o, current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation, said in Dakar that an African team can win the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
“People say that winning a World Cup is almost impossible for Africa. But I say to myself that it is possible,” said the Qatar 2022 World Cup ambassador at a conference held as part of his two-day visit to Senegal.
“It’s a seven-game competition. It is not 200, but seven, so the best becomes world champion. And that’s how Africans should think,” explained Eto’o. “As an African, I always tell myself that our only problem in Africa is that we do not believe in ourselves.”
While welcoming the fact that, until today, four African teams participating in the World Cup Qatar 2022 (Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana and Tunisia), are coached by local coaches, he said that the leaders of soccer in Africa must believe more in the skills of local coaches.
“For local coaches, when I arrived at the head of the Cameroon Football Federation, I had a small chance in my career, to have worked with some and others,” he said. “I always thought that Cameroon should be represented by one of its brave children.”
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