After being widely criticized for nearly a month for what were described as outlandish predictions for the late 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 had predicted that the final of the most important tournament in the world would take place in Africa, precisely between his country and Morocco.
As the agency indicated AFP extension On November 16, analysts speculated that the World Cup would exit the old continent, with candidates Brazil or Argentina to win the most important tournament in world football. Eto’o’s expectations have been described as “strange”, especially since an African team he had never made it to the semifinals.
And the legendary striker from the brown continent had announced his expectations for all the groups and predicted that Morocco would meet Portugal and Spain on the way to the final and defeat them, which they actually did, and it was a surprise for anyone another by Eto’o who believed in the capabilities of the Atlas Lions.
Eto’o expected the Moroccan national team to lead his strong group, which included Croatia and Belgium, second and third editions of the last World Cup in Russia 2018, as well as the Canadian national team, which actually happened after scoring seven goals points with two victories over Belgium and Canada and a draw with Croatia.
Rather, Eto’o has also predicted that Morocco will face France in the semi-final, which takes place on Wednesday.
International sites including One Football felt that Eto’o might be the only one who expected the semi-finals to see a clash 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 their group, which included Brazil, Switzerland and Serbia .
