9 - Samuel Eto'o

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Etoshow

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Etoshow said:
I want the community and those who remember what happened in football that season to give their opinion. Let me remind you that football year ended with 2 principal stories : FC Barcelona winning La Liga and the champions league, and Italy claiming the world cup. According to some analysts, my Idol you know big Samuel Eto'o was the best player in the world that season, which means he was above Dinho, Zidane, Henry and even the italians world champions. If there is something sure, Dinho and Eto'o were the best players of the club back then : Dinho the magician and Samu the most decisive player. Concerning Eto'o, I want to remind people that season he won as individual awards : AFCON's golden boot, pichichi trophy, assist leader in the champions, goalscorer and MVP in the final in Paris. He was at the pinacle of his art. Also, nowadays people tend to forget that season he was considered as the best player of the team by his teammates, his coach, president Laporta, Johan Cruyff the honour's president, Txiki and even some other great coaches, great players who were candidating for the award too and even the socios. That's some of the praises he got :



Dinho : It would be great if Eto'o win the ballon d'or, he deserves it and he's my friend.

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Ronaldinho: "Me gustaría que el Balón de Oro fuera para alguno de mis compañeros"

El brasileño Ronaldinho de Assis, ganador del Balón de Oro el año pasado y uno de los candidatos a...
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Xavi and Villa : Eto'o should win the ballon d'or
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Xavi y Villa, unánimes: Eto'o se merece el Balón de Oro

Si el premio lo decidieran sus compañeros de profesión, Samuel Eto'o tendría muchos números para ganar el Balón de Oro. El delantero camerunés no para de cosechar elogios por su sensacional trayectoria con el FC Barcelona. Los últimos le han llegado hoy de dos futbolistas con los que coincidirá...
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Belletti : Now, Eto'o has to win the ballon d'or, he deserves it
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Belletti: 'Eto'o merece el Balón de Oro'

La candidatura de Samuel Eto'o al Balón de Oro recibió el apoyo de su compañero Juliano Belletti, que considera que el camerunés ha hecho méritos suficientes para llevarse el galardón
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Giuly : In my opinion, for the ballon d'or, Eto'o is number 1 and Ronaldinho number 2

Giuly: 'El Balón de Oro se lo merecía Eto'o' | elmundo.es

Giuly: El Balón de Oro se lo merecía Etoo Ludovic Giuly, jugador del Barcelona, mostró su sorpresa porque el Balón de Oro haya recaído en el defensa del Real Madrid Fabio Cannavaro. Cannavaro es un buen jugador que ha ganado la Copa del Mundo pero, en mi opinión, este año Samuel (Etoo) debería...
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Eto'o : Rijkaard deserves a ballon d'or
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Eto'o pide un ''Balón de Oro'' para Frank Rijkaard

Eto'o pide un ''Balón de Oro'' para Frank Rijkaard.
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Joan Laporta : I hope Eto'o to win the ballon d'or
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Laporta confía en que Eto'o gane el Balón de Oro

Joan Laporta, presidente del Barcelona, se mostró hoy convencido de que el delantero Samuel Eto'o aún puede aspirar a ganar el Balón de Oro, y dest...
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Johan Cruyff : Eto'o showed throughout the season he deserves the ballon d'or.
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Cruyff: 'Eto'o ha hecho méritos para el Balón de Oro'

El ex jugador y ex entrenador del FC Barcelona, Johan Cruyff, se unió ayer a los partidarios de que el delantero camerunés del Barça, Samuel Eto'o, se haga este año con el 'Balón de Oro'.
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Not to mention great names like Henry, Zidane, Juninho, Drogba, Vieira, Villa, Anelka, Djorkaeff and great coaches as Wenger, Deschamps, Gerard Houiller, Guy Roux all claiming Eto'o as favourite for the award.

At the end he ended at the 6th position on the ranking, because of marketing and probably racism too. His lack of hype throughout the season compared to his opponents cost him the award. Ballon d'or is the most successful marketing.

Now guys I need your opinion about it, personally Cannavaro was a good defender but didn't deserve it, and no italian deserve because it was a collective success without a big star carrying up the team. I also wanted by this thread to give back Eto'o the praise and recognition he deserves because people nowadays tend to do shameful comparisons because as cameroonian he lacks that hype to put him and his carreer on the light. I think to get all those praises playing in the same team than freaking Ronaldinho, you sure have to be a freaking legend.
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@BBZ8800 @RevoTeller @Barcaman @Total-Football I need your opinions please.
 
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Some nice inside story, espiaclly at 27min10
If only he was there when jordi alba was crying...
This is in french but i'll try to translate Asap

Meanwhile you can use the English translator from youtube, there is some nice moment here :)
 
Barcaman

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Samuel Eto'o:

"In 2006, at half-time in the Champions League final at the Stade de France, we were 1-0 down and Arsenal were 10 down. Do you know why we were losing? Because Ronaldinho, the best player, wanted to play alone. I came into the dressing room and everyone had their heads down. Frank (Rijkaard) was on the other side, lost. I said to them: what are you doing? Get up, I'm going to score, I'm still here, what are you afraid of? " recalled Eto'o, who later revealed that Ronaldinho apologised to the rest of the team for wanting to wage war on his own.
 
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Etoshow

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Recently, he said in a video in french that he was better than Henry and the best striker of that generation. I've seen a lot of english football fans and even strangely people who have more football's culture stating he's delusional. That's the time I understood how much disrespected he was and I understand his character. They'll all agree he was probably the better goalscorer of both and the clutcher (how can they deny it with the stats and numbers ?) but always add Henry was a better player. I've been a La Liga's fan for a longtime and I can't take it, you just have to watch the clasicos to figure out all the qualities Eto'o had and I say he wasn't even staying in a central position.

I think what matters with football fans, especially when it's not about their favorite team is they don't watch the games but just the results and some highlights the TV show them. I'm pretty sure if this forum was opened since Eto'o's first days in the club, people would have a totally different vision of the player he was because he's respected for his goal's consistency, his clutch character, his pace and his fighting spirit on the pitch because those are the elements he was always above everybody. But things like his dribbling, his technical cleanness are underrated because they just had eyes for Ronaldinho then Messi when it came to those aspects. Henry had more attention from english and french medias.
 
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Catta said:
Both Henry and Eto'o are great players, either of them would be the best forward by far in the current generation.
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Yeah it isn't against Henry, I just have the feeling people didn't watch Eto'o. Of course everybody knows he's a great player but they acknowlege him more for his big games performances and his stats's consistency. There are very few people today who can comment the games he played and I believe it's because of two factors : the lack of hype on him and because people in the world don't watch La Liga's full games but more about highlights and results. I've had that conversation on Reddit and to be fair, I've been amazed by the lack of knowledge about him but I noticed he was an EPL fanboy.
 
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Etoshow said:
Yeah it isn't against Henry, I just have the feeling people didn't watch Eto'o. Of course everybody knows he's a great player but they acknowlege him more for his big games performances and his stats's consistency. There are very few people today who can comment the games he played and I believe it's because of two factors : the lack of hype on him and because people in the world don't watch La Liga's full games but more about highlights and results. I've had that conversation on Reddit and to be fair, I've been amazed by the lack of knowledge about him but I noticed he was an EPL fanboy.
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Henry was a fantastic player, but most of his best work came at Arsenal and within the confines of the PL. Eto'o did more on bigger stages but Henry was the more gifted footballer technically for me. He was a better dribbler for me, slicker and perfected that opening the body up and curling into the far corner shot. Eto'o was powerful, a decent dribbler himself, and an amazing finisher. Henry's skillset was suited to being a left forward and Eto'o's to being a CF, as they tended to play.

Still both brilliant players though and would be among the very best in the world right now, as Catta says.
 
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Etoshow

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Maradona37 said:
Henry was a fantastic player, but most of his best work came at Arsenal and within the confines of the PL. Eto'o did more on bigger stages but Henry was the more gifted footballer technically for me. He was a better dribbler for me, slicker and perfected that opening the body up and curling into the far corner shot. Eto'o was powerful, a decent dribbler himself, and an amazing finisher. Henry's skillset was suited to being a left forward and Eto'o's to being a CF, as they tended to play.

Still both brilliant players though and would be among the very best in the world right now, as Catta says.
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Did you have that vision when both were at the club ? Maybe you're right, it's true Henry was a beast too but I think he's dangerous when he gets space while Eto'o can dribble better in tight spaces and also had mad pace. I'm pretty sure if we take their top games in that aspect people would be amazed today because they were more watching Ronaldinho and Messi then the entire team.
 
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Etoshow said:
Did you have that vision when both were at the club ? Maybe you're right, it's true Henry was a beast too but I think he's dangerous when he gets space while Eto'o can dribble better in tight spaces and also had mad pace. I'm pretty sure if we take their top games in that aspect people would be amazed today because they were more watching Ronaldinho and Messi then the entire team.
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Fair enough. I am more judging Henry by his Arsenal days than his Barca. When he came to Barca he was still good but in decline - he peaked around 2002-2006 for Arsenal and France I think.
 
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Etoshow

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Maradona37 said:
Fair enough. I am more judging Henry by his Arsenal days than his Barca. When he came to Barca he was still good but in decline - he peaked around 2002-2006 for Arsenal and France I think.
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Don't you think he was less good also because there was players like Messi Ronaldinho Eto'o up front ? He couldn't score as many goals with that many talented offensive players and of course he couldn't get the light with Messi and Dinho.
 
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Eto'o was that piece of puzzle to push us to the top. Ronaldinho was here year before him but couldnt do it without him.
The work rate, hunger, speed, efficiency.
Come to think of it, reminds me of Suarez or Raphinha now.
 
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