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wHey
The current voting by officials of the Confederation of African
Football
(CAF) for the African Player of the Year where Eto'o Samuel won by a 2
point margin has left a lot of unanswered questions as to the criteria
of
election.


1) Eto'o was voted by FIFA as the Third World Best Player.
2) He is the top goal scorer in Europe now
3) He has outperformed his closest rival-Drogba throughout the season
in
many criteria.
Yet CAF officials voted on partisan grounds and other nepotic and
social
affiliations with the players rather than performance and this resulted
in
a very small point margin (2points) between Eto'o and Drogba. Meanwhile
if
they took a critical evaluative analysis of the performance of the two
players into consideration, Eto' should have outscored Drogba by more
than
50 points in the election. That is why I feel that Eto'o is the "Most
Undervalued Player" by CAF officials.


Last night in a crucial UEFA match against Chelsea, Eto'o scored a
marvellously fantastic 85th minute goal to give Barcelone the victory.
Meanwhile Drogba entered as a reserved player in the second half and
was
just a passenger in the field.


I hope they reconsider their positions when voting next year.