Re: The only thing Eto'o has done is to encourage violence

In article <1141108454.842464.253510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
mshaka <cookiemonsterisking@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4553179.stm

Eto'o apologises for outburst

Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o has apologised for insulting former club
Real Madrid after his team won the Spanish championship.

"I would like to ask forgiveness for what I said," the Barcelona
forward told a news conference on Monday.

"One thing is what you think and another is what you say.

"I would like to ask the fans, the club and anyone else who might have
felt offended to accept a thousand apologies from me.

"I never wanted to show any lack of respect to anyone. "What happened
was that in a moment of joy I started to sing and that was all.

If it hadn't been for Real Madrid I would never have got this far, so I
beg forgiveness and hope that people will understand me."

The 24-year-old chanted "Madrid, cabron, saluda al campeon" (Spanish
for 'Madrid, bastards, hail the champions') during a speech at his
team's Nou Camp ground on Sunday.

Many of the 100,000 fans at the Nou Camp, who celebrated the club's
first league title in six years, also joined in the chorus.

Eto'o's behaviour during the title festivities met widespread
criticism.

"This character is a fantastic player, but he leaves a lot to be
desired as a person," Fermin Calero, president of the federation of
Real Madrid fan clubs, was quoted as saying on the club's website.

"He has forgotten that it was Real Madrid that first allowed him to
escape hunger.

"With these unfortunate declarations the only thing he has done is to
encourage violence."

Eto'o was spotted by a Real Madrid scout when he was 15 and was taken
from his homeland to sign for Real 1996.

Joan Laporta, Barcelona's president, said the incident had been
unfortunate.

"I don't think they (the remarks) were ill-intentioned and they should
be understood in the context that they took place, at a celebration
party and in an atmosphere of unrestrained euphoria, but they are
difficult to justify."


Is Eto'o now the Lee Bowyer of Spanish Football?
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