<PERSON>’s Success Lifting Cameroon ‘s Hope · Global Voices
After the success of his Italian club Inter Milan in the UEFA European Champions League, Cameroonian football star <PERSON> is the toast of the town and his country. This is <PERSON> third success in the competition that is referred to as the Super bowl of European Football, making him the only player with <PERSON> to have won the cup with three different teams. Cameroonian bloggers are proud of the accomplishment of their star player and hope that the momentum of his success can carry on for Cameroon at the World Cup.
<PERSON> , blogging about football in Cameroon, certainly hopes so:
After a few days of recess, <PERSON> will join his team-mates of the national team who have already started preparations for the FIFA World Cup that opens in South Africa on 11 June.
Many fans hope he will be an inspiration to lead the team to glory on African soil and expect to see the Eto’o who is a free-scoring lead striker although he has been used on the left of a three-man forward line-up.
<PERSON> is happy for <PERSON> and for Cameroon (fr):
Le drapeau vert – rouge – jaune du Cameroun a flotté au stade Santiago Bernabeu de Madrid en Espagne grâce à <PERSON> qui a revêtu le drapeau national autour de ses épaules [..] Il devient le premier footballeur à avoir gagné deux années successives le triplé championnat, coupe nationale et ligue des champions respectivement avec Barcelone et l’Inter de Milan
The green, red and yellow flag was waving in Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium thanks to <PERSON> who wore the national flag on his shoulders [..] He becomes the first football player to achieve the hat trick, championship, national cup and the champion's league two years in a row, with Barcelona and Inter Milan.
Camer-Sport says that emotion were running high for Cameroonians when <PERSON> wore the flag for the whole world to see (fr):
Lorsque <PERSON> a accroché le drapeau vert-rouge-jaune à son cou, certains de ces fans non pas pu retenir leurs larmes à Darmstadt. Tous ont déclaré s’identifier dans ce geste patriotique qui porte le Cameroun très haut sur la planète football. L’Inter a gagné un trophée continental. 910
Eto’o a écrit l’histoire d’une nation africaine sur le sol du vieux continent.
When <PERSON> wore the green, red and yellow flag around his neck, some fans could not hold their tears in Darmstadt. They all said that they identify with this patriotic gesture that hold Cameroon up high in the world of football. Inter won the continental trophy. <PERSON> wrote the history of an african nation on the soil of the Old World.
Screenshot of <PERSON> hugging Inter Milan first lady Mrs <PERSON>
<PERSON> at Afrique foot notes that <PERSON>'s maturation since his days in Barcelona were on full display in Milan (fr):
<PERSON> l’image du joueur vantard qui lui collait en Catalogne, le Camerounais a montré sous les ordres de <PERSON> qu’il était un attaquant intelligent, capable de s’adapter à n’importe quel système de jeu, quitte à jouer défenseur latéral.
Far removed from his image as a boastful player that plagued him in Catalonia, the Cameroonian showed that under the guidance of <PERSON>, he was an intelligent striker, capable of adapting to any tactical system, even if it requires playing defense on the wings.
<PERSON> thinks that <PERSON> is overdue for winning the best football player award for 2010 (fr):
Que doit faire <PERSON> gagner le Ballon d’Or ? <PERSON> largement le Ballon d’or. Cette saison, ni <PERSON>, ni <PERSON>, ni <PERSON> n’ont réussi à remporter la Champions League
What more does <PERSON> need to do to win the Golden Ball (author's note: Best Player Award)? <PERSON> much deserving of the Golden Ball. This season, neither <PERSON>, <PERSON> nor <PERSON> succeeded in winning the Champions league. 910