Samuel Eto’o, the former Cameroonian player who was a figure in European football for several seasons, was involved in an altercation at dawn on Tuesday, December 6, in Doha, where he is witnessing the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Eto’o, who is now president of the Cameroonian Football Federation, was denounced by the youtuber, who says that he assaulted him and that they broke his camera.
The whole event can be seen in a video which has gone viral on social media.
As can be seen in the images, the former striker was angry because a YouTuber from Algeria, named Sadouni SM, was filming him without his consent.
Initially, before the attack, Eto’o’s companions tried to prevent him from going any further. However, then one of them took the camera out of the hands of the Algerian who, trying to retrieve it, fell to the ground.
It was then that Eto’o came up and kicked him.
Samuel Eto’o s’en est pris violence à un jeune homme hier soir avant le match entre le Brésil et la Coree du Sud. 😳
🎥 @partidazocope pic.twitter.com/p05oSmUDpO
— Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) December 6, 2022
Why Eto’o hit the youtuber
It all happened after the match between Brazil and South Korea at the 974 stadium, which ended 4-1 in favor of the South Americans.
Eto’o is also a FIFA ambassador.
At the 974 departure from Doha, numerous fans approached Eto’o to get selfies with the player, to which the Cameroonian graciously agreed.
Everything became rare when the Algerian youtuber appeared and filmed it permanently, something that seems to have upset the former striker.
The youtuber victim of the attack said later that he filed a complaint against the former soccer player.
According to what he said on his YouTube channel, he approached Eto’o to ask him about Bakary Gassama, the referee of the controversial playoff match between Algeria and Cameroon, which would have angered the Cameroonian.
Samuel Eto’o was watching in Qatar all the matches of his team, which could not transfer to the group stage, even after having beaten Brazil on the last date.
In his defense, Eto’o’s companions revealed that the victim had made racist and abusive comments towards the president of the Cameroon Federation.
In another video, a fellow YouTuber can be seen harassing Eto’o during the World Cup draw ceremony in Qatar.
Voici un des frères du youtubeur en question qui a haceré Samuel Eto’o lors de la cérémonie des tirages au sort de la coupe du monde.👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/5j3uRmtZjM
— JoueursCMR 🇨🇲🦁 (@JoueursCMR) December 6, 2022
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