a écrit le 17 juillet 2014 à 15h55 suite... Les chelsea fans se demandent pourquoi SEF quitte leur équipe avant Torres ?
• A brace in the Champions League group stage against Schalke secured a 3-0 win
• His fourth-minute strike (his 10th goal of the season) gave Chelsea an early lead against Galatasaray, in a match we would go on to win 2-0
It can be said that Eto’o was just lucky, taking advantage of mistakes like poor passing, the goalkeepers’ inability to control the ball in their area, tap-ins there for the taking right at the goalmouth. But perhaps the ability to do that- being in the right place at the right time, having the confidence to pounce, to attack- is the mark of a true striker. Had it been Drogba who would have capitalised on those errors, would anyone be upset or questioning his contributions? We would more likely be singing his praises. And of course, you cannot deny the quality Eto’o displayed in scoring the goals that did not come about as a result of others’ errors.
I am not saying that Eto’o was the missing piece in the puzzle; in fact he was quite far from it, particularly as far as consistency is concerned. His misses hurt us, and unfortunately, it is his last goal for Chelsea that may somewhat mirror the lasting feeling many Chelsea supporters have about Eto’o: the opening goal in the home defeat to Sunderland, a game which ultimately cost us our unimpeachable home record under José Mourinho, and more importantly, our challenge for the title.
And though he is considered one of the greatest African strikers and Cameroon’s all time top-scorer with 56 international goals, in this World Cup, which will surely be his last, Eto’o only played 1 out of 3 games (though that was in part due to injury) in the group stage for Cameroon, and that was in the defeat to Mexico.
Eto’o is not what you would call a Chelsea legend by any means, and probably doesn’t make the list of the greatest players we’ve ever had (at least in terms of the fans’ favourites). Though he seems to have left with a strong positive feeling about the club and overall maintained a decent relationship with the supporters, he, inexorably, has made remarks that have left many fans disgruntled, and still others angry.
But Eto’o has most definitely cemented himself in our history and may have even become a bit of a cult hero. His excitement at scoring each goal (it appeared to be as if it were simultaneously his first and his last), his enjoyment playing for the club and one of the world’s greatest m
• A brace in the Champions League group stage against Schalke secured a 3-0 win
• His fourth-minute strike (his 10th goal of the season) gave Chelsea an early lead against Galatasaray, in a match we would go on to win 2-0
It can be said that Eto’o was just lucky, taking advantage of mistakes like poor passing, the goalkeepers’ inability to control the ball in their area, tap-ins there for the taking right at the goalmouth. But perhaps the ability to do that- being in the right place at the right time, having the confidence to pounce, to attack- is the mark of a true striker. Had it been Drogba who would have capitalised on those errors, would anyone be upset or questioning his contributions? We would more likely be singing his praises. And of course, you cannot deny the quality Eto’o displayed in scoring the goals that did not come about as a result of others’ errors.
I am not saying that Eto’o was the missing piece in the puzzle; in fact he was quite far from it, particularly as far as consistency is concerned. His misses hurt us, and unfortunately, it is his last goal for Chelsea that may somewhat mirror the lasting feeling many Chelsea supporters have about Eto’o: the opening goal in the home defeat to Sunderland, a game which ultimately cost us our unimpeachable home record under José Mourinho, and more importantly, our challenge for the title.
And though he is considered one of the greatest African strikers and Cameroon’s all time top-scorer with 56 international goals, in this World Cup, which will surely be his last, Eto’o only played 1 out of 3 games (though that was in part due to injury) in the group stage for Cameroon, and that was in the defeat to Mexico.
Eto’o is not what you would call a Chelsea legend by any means, and probably doesn’t make the list of the greatest players we’ve ever had (at least in terms of the fans’ favourites). Though he seems to have left with a strong positive feeling about the club and overall maintained a decent relationship with the supporters, he, inexorably, has made remarks that have left many fans disgruntled, and still others angry.
But Eto’o has most definitely cemented himself in our history and may have even become a bit of a cult hero. His excitement at scoring each goal (it appeared to be as if it were simultaneously his first and his last), his enjoyment playing for the club and one of the world’s greatest m
