This is one of those moments in a live match that I'll never forget. It's the second half of Barcelona playing away at Real Zaragoza back in 2006, and Barca's Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto'o has endured a stadium full of Zaragoza fans making racist taunts and chants against him all night. The match is still deadlocked at 0-0 when Barca get a corner. As Eto'o moves into position and closer to the stands, the chants, gestures, and racist abuse get noticeably louder. The corner's about to be taken... when he finally decides he's had enough.
You can clearly see him saying "No Más" as he walks off, at 1:37 in the video. No more of this shit! I'm not performing for you anymore, you bastards! Brilliant.
Still, it's too bad that the clip ends where it does- Eto'o was eventually convinced to continue the game by his coach, went on to score the clinching goal as Barca beat Zaragoza 2-0. Remembering the sight of the striker at the end of the match, standing in the centre circle with his fist raised against the jeers of the losing supporters, still gives me chills.
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Damn. Powerful stuff.
ReplyDeleteyou gotta get that footage of the goal... i remember reading about it, but never saw the footage.
ReplyDeleteActually Eto'o didn't score in this match. Ronaldinho put away a penalty for the first and this is the second goal from Barca which Eto'o assisted.
ReplyDeletehttp://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=jhD-XSkZt7Q
Incidently this is probably the worst quality video I've ever seen on You Tube. If I can find anything post-match I'll put up a link.