Cameroon, which put African football on the map through its performance at successive Fifa World Cup competitions since 1982, has, through egregious manifestations of lack of class in the game between Cameroon and Croatia, managed to earn itself what one commentator described as the worst team in this year's World Cup. The disaster that the Cameroon national football team became at the 2014 Fifa World Cup is a reflection of the disaster that the country itself has become. First, under Paul Biya, the country has become a very disorderly place where courtesy and respect are becoming a thing of the past and order is itself non-existent. This disorder was manifested on the pitch today as Alexander Song did not only intentionally hit a player of the opposite team but Cameroonian players were fighting among themselves. It was a very disgraceful spectacle. In fact, this spectacle began right in Cameroon when the players did not want to board the flight to Brazil because the government owed them money.
Second, under Paul Biya, Cameroon has become a country that does not seek innovation. The same people are being recycled to do the same thing over and over. Paul Biya has been dictator of the country for thirty-one years, during which time the country has seen no significant improvement. Like himself, he keeps recycling tired and uninspiring personnel, especially manifested when Biya begged Samuel Eto'o (another tired player) to play at this year's World Cup.
The disgraceful behavior which Cameroonian players manifested at the ongoing World Cup competition is therefore deeply rooted in the disorderly system which Paul Biya has created back in the country. Biya's incompetence has just been put on public display for the whole world to see and the venue could not be more fitting. This disgrace has been brought on the country by Biya. What the players did in Brazil was just a symptom of a rotten system.
Second, under Paul Biya, Cameroon has become a country that does not seek innovation. The same people are being recycled to do the same thing over and over. Paul Biya has been dictator of the country for thirty-one years, during which time the country has seen no significant improvement. Like himself, he keeps recycling tired and uninspiring personnel, especially manifested when Biya begged Samuel Eto'o (another tired player) to play at this year's World Cup.
The disgraceful behavior which Cameroonian players manifested at the ongoing World Cup competition is therefore deeply rooted in the disorderly system which Paul Biya has created back in the country. Biya's incompetence has just been put on public display for the whole world to see and the venue could not be more fitting. This disgrace has been brought on the country by Biya. What the players did in Brazil was just a symptom of a rotten system.
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