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Goal.com 50: Samuel Eto’o (9)
Goal.com continues to count down our 50 best players of 2008-09 with No. 9,
Barcelona’s (and now Inter Milan’s) Samuel Eto’o...
While Samuel Eto’o has frequently had a reputation for running his mouth,
this past season, the Cameroonian international was far better known for his
running on the pitch. Enjoying one of his most successful seasons as a
professional footballer, Eto’o’s 2008-2009 campaign was one that Barca
supporters will not soon forget.
But in the summer of 2008, it was not even clear that Eto’o would continue
to wear the Barcelona colours. As club president Joan Laporta cleaned out
shop after a tremendously disappointing season, famously selling off
Ronaldinho, Deco, and others, Eto’o was heavily rumoured to not fit into
new coach Pep Guardiola’s plans and was billed as just one more casualty of
the rebuilding process.
After significant and prolonged transfer speculation though, it became clear
that Guardiola would, in fact, count on the Cameroonian international—and
what a brilliant decision that would turn out to be.
In what was his best season ever for Barcelona, Eto’o was an unstoppable
force in the Blaugrana attack, teaming up with teammates Lionel Messi and
Thierry Henry to create a lethal front line. In fact, dubbed by the Spanish
press as the ‘tridente’ or the trident, the three superstars became the
most prolific trio in the history of the league, eclipsing the previous
record held by Real Madrid trio Ferenc Puskas, Alfredo di Stefano and Luis
del Sol in the 1960-61 season.
After a 2007 season in which he was plagued by injury, Eto’o found his world
class form once again—improving on the 16 goals he scored in the previous
season, to leading La Liga in scoring for most of the year with 30 goals.
Unfortunately though, he just barely missed winning the Pichichi (the award
presented to La Liga’s top scorer), as Atletico de Madrid’s Diego Forlan
edged him out in the final few matches of the season to finish the year with
32 goals.
Eto’o’s efficiency in front of goal contributed to some of the most
important results of the year for Barcelona. In the first Clasico match
against Real Madrid at the Camp Nou, even after having a penalty kick saved,
Eto’o delivered a crucial goal in the dying moments of the match—a goal
that tipped the Liga pendulum in Barcelona’s favour and re-established a new
balance of power, ending Real Madrid’s reign.
But the goal that will define Eto’o’s season came in the Champions League
final against Manchester United, as the Cameroonian international beat ManU
goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar in the 10th minute to score the first of Barca’
s two goals and bring a second Champions League crown to the Catalunyan
capital in four years.
With Eto’o’s help, Barcelona progressed to take the triplete—the Liga
championship, the Copa del Rey crown, and the Champions League trophy. But at
the end of the season, the rumour mill began to turn once again, as Barcelona
very publicly began to shop their star striker around.
The relationship between the club and the player began to deteriorate,
eventually hitting a breaking point as hostilities rendered a peaceful
solution impossible. In the end, Eto’o decided to leave Barcelona for Serie
A giants Inter Milan.
If his output with Inter compares to his performances for Barcelona in
2008/2009, Eto’o could possibly climb even higher in Goal.com’s list next
year…
Cyrus C. Malek, Goal.com
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