After being widely criticized for nearly a month for what was described as outlandish predictions for the advanced stages of the World Cup in Qatar, Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o is back in the spotlight.
Before the start of the World Cup, the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation predicted that the final of the most important tournament in the world would be in Africa, specifically between his country and Morocco.
While the agency indicated AFP On November 16, analysts suggested that the World Cup would emerge from the old continent, with the candidates Brazil or Argentina winning the most important tournament in the world of football. Eto’o’s expectations were described as “strange”, especially since an African team had never reached the semi-final match.
And the legendary striker in the brown continent had announced his expectations for all groups, and predicted that Morocco would meet Portugal and Spain on the way to the final and would defeat them, which is what actually happened, and it was a surprise to anyone other than Eto’o who believed in the capabilities of the Atlas Lions.
Eto’o had expected the Moroccan national team to lead its strong group, which included Croatia and Belgium, the second and third editions of the last World Cup in Russia 2018, in addition to the Canadian national team, which actually happened after it scored seven points with two wins over Belgium and Canada and a draw with Croatia.
Rather, Eto’o also predicted that Morocco would meet France in the semi-finals, which will happen on Wednesday.
International sites, including One Football, considered that Eto’o might be the only one who expected the semi-finals to witness a confrontation between Morocco and France.
According to Eto’o’s predictions before the start of the tournament, the Atlas Lions will beat the Roosters.
What Eto’o failed to do was expect his country to reach the World Cup final, as Cameroon exited the group stage after finishing third in its group, which included Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia.