2022 World Cup: in Qatar, Samuel Eto’o hits an Algerian Youtubeur

A video shows the former star striker of the Indomitable Lions, now president of the Cameroonian Football Federation, to kneel the face of Sadouni sm.

MO12345LEMOND With AFP

A video showing the former glory of Cameroonian football Samuel Eto’o trying a knee to the face of an Algerian Youtuber has become viral on social networks, Tuesday, December 6.

The scene takes place at stadium 974, at the exit of the eighth Brazil-South Brazilian finals (4-1), Monday evening. At the start of the 57 -second video, Samuel Eto’o, a blue cap, grants selfies to fans before being challenged by the Youtubeur, whose question is not distinguished but that we clearly hear : “Gassama! Gassama!”

The man on the camera evokes the Gambian referee Bakary Gassama, who officiated during the Algeria-Cameroonn return dam (1-2 A.P.) who qualified the indomitable lions for this World Cup at the expense of the Fennecs. After the elimination, many rumors in Algeria suspected the referee for having been bought.

The images filmed by a journalist from the opinion, a daily -speaking daily from Los Angeles, show the current president of the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fécafoot) hitting the cameraman, who has fallen to the overthrow, identified as Sadouni SM , more than 67,500 subscribers on YouTube. Samuel Eto’o was surrounded by several people who could not retain him despite their efforts.

“I did all this for Algeria, explained the youtuber on Tuesday in a video facing the camera. I am at the police station for the investigation. You have to share this video. As Eto’o is a personality , I am afraid that they camouflage the file, but I have confidence in the Qatari police. “Samuel Eto’o” destroyed my camera and my microphone, he struck me there, “he said by showing his chin.

A Fécafoot official told AFP on Tuesday morning that the Federation did not want to react. Samuel Eto’o is also ambassador of the organizing committee of the Qatari World Cup.

/Media reports cited above.