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| Forget setbacks and aim for World Cup, says Eto’o Posted: 14 Nov 2012 07:39 AM PST  Anzhi Makhachkala's Samuel Eto'o (R) fights for the ball with Liverpool's Andre Wisdom during their Europa League Group A soccer match at Lokomotiv stadium in Moscow November 8, 2012. — Reuters pic "The failures we have experienced in recent years have been a huge frustration but that's life, with its moments of joy and also its moments of sadness," Eto'o said in an interview with the official daily Cameroon Tribune today. It was the first comment from the four-times African Footballer of the Year since Cameroon missed out on African Nations Cup qualification last month, embarrassingly to the tiny Cape Verde Islands. Once a force in African football, Cameroon have lost form in recent years, to a chorus of consternation in the central African country. "Nowadays, I think that the most important (thing) is the future. We should draw lessons from our mistakes of the past, recover, heal our wounds and move forward," Eto'o said. "I believe deeply that failure can be the foundation of success. We must build on these frustration to find the strength necessary to bounce back," added the 31-year-old striker as Cameroon prepared to take on Albania in a friendly in Geneva today. "The Indomitable Lions are one big family. The players realise the responsibility to the people of Cameroon. It's our duty to live up positively to the expectations. I think we are in the right direction." Eto'o had refused to play in the first leg of the tie against Cape Verde, labelling the set-up around the team amateurish. Last year, he led a boycott of a friendly against Algeria in a row over unpaid bonuses. Cameroon have three points from two matches in their qualification group. They next play Togo at home in March. — Reuters |
| ‘I will win back my Bayern place,’ pledges forward Gomez Posted: 14 Nov 2012 06:21 AM PST  Bayern Munich's Mario Gomez answers reporter questions before the German Bundesliga first division soccer match against Bayer Leverkusen in Munich October 28, 2012. — Reuters pic Gomez, Bayern's first choice forward until ankle surgery ruled him out in August, has a fight on his hands to oust Mario Mandzukic, the league's top scorer with eight goals. Claudio Pizarro, on target in the German Cup and Champions League recently, has also raised his stock in Gomez's absence making the German's task that much harder even though coach Jupp Heynckes had said Gomez would not have to queue up again. "There's always this talk that I'm not able to compete but I've been competing for eight years with very good strikers and have managed to come out on top," Gomez told reporters today. The 27-year-old former Bundesliga top scorer played in a friendly against a regional team yesterday evening and netted four of his side's six goals. The Germany forward acknowledged that the weak opponents meant the game was not a serious test but promised to continue scoring in the Bundesliga which Bayern lead by seven points. "People should keep talking about me. It seems I am a player who polarises people. This is what I have to deal with," said Gomez. "But my answer to this has always been to play and score. That will also be the case in the future." — Reuters |
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