At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, thanks to the outstanding performances of stars such as Mboma and Eto'o, the Cameroon men's Olympic team first defeated Ronaldinho's Brazil team 2-1 in the quarter-finals, and then defeated the Chilean team led by the legendary Ivan Zamorano by the same score in the semi-finals.

In the men's football final of the Sydney Olympics held on September 30, it drew 2-2 with the European powerhouse Spain in 120 minutes, and finally defeated the opponent 5-3 in the penalty shootout to win the Olympic gold medal.

In the 08 Beijing Olympic Games men's football qualifiers in Africa, although the Cameroon team did not have a top superstar like Eto'o to participate, it also showed strong strength, scoring 13 goals in five games, three wins and two draws, conceding only 5 goals, and finally won the first place in Group C with an undefeated record and successfully qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games.

Therefore, Cameroon is definitely a formidable opponent, and those who are familiar with the world football pattern know that in addition to Europe and South America, the strength of African teams is generally not low, except for Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, known as the African Eagle, are not fuel-efficient lamps, especially the latter.

Of course, the good news for those who will face Cameroon at the Olympics is that Cameroon Tribune reports that Cameroon's star Samuel Eto'o, who plays for Barcelona, will not represent Cameroon's Olympic football team at the Olympics.

At the moment, it is not because of the speculation that Eto'o did not help the national Olympic team in the qualifiers, but it is real and confirmed news.

Previously, the Cameroon Football Federation had wanted Samuel Eto'o, along with midfielder Modeste Mbami and goalkeeper Macau, who played in France, to come to Beijing as overage players for the Olympic football match. Samuel Eto'o himself has said he would not rule out the possibility of representing Cameroon if his fitness allows, but the situation now is that all three will be absent.

The Cameroon Tribune article said, "Officials did not give a reason for their absence, but it is possible that their club did not allow the release." ”

The Cameroon Football Federation and the Argentine Football Association are very clear about this, because this is indeed true, Barcelona is not willing to let go, not only Eto'o, but also unwilling to let Messi go. And this is not the case of Barcelona as a club, Chelsea's Ivorian monster Drogba is also the biggest player in the country, has always been the leader of the national team, and his participation in the Olympics as an overage player is both his and the desire of the Ivorian Football Federation. However, due to injuries and the arrival of a new Chelsea manager, Drogba had to think about the future of the new season and was ultimately not selected.

On the other hand, the Brazilian Olympic team is even more so who, despite the confirmation of the Olympics by rising star Pato and superstar Ronaldinho, the former world footballer of the year and Ballon d'Or winner will not be able to make the event.

Brazil originally wanted Kaka to participate in the Olympics, and head coach Dunga also said that Kaka would be the core of the team, and Kaka himself also said that he wanted to participate in the Olympics. However, Milan president Silvio Berlusconi believes that Kaka has played too many games in the past and wants to rest, although this statement has been denied by Kaka. But it is clear that the Milan club means that it is unwilling to let Kaka go to the Olympics, and Kaka did not choose to tear his face with the club in the end.

Brazilian winger Robinho, who also plays for Real Madrid, is undoubtedly a force in attack, and he was absolutely responsible for Real Madrid's La Liga title last season and Brazil's Copa America triumph last summer.

Robinho, who participated in last year's Copa America, previously expressed his willingness to come to Beijing to participate in the Olympic Games, but some time ago Real Madrid officially announced that Robinho would not participate in the Beijing Olympics due to a groin injury. Robinho's injury is true, but it is unclear whether he will not be able to play, and the recent rumours that Robinho is going to move to Chelsea and join Scolari have been in the headlines, which may be one of the reasons why Robinho has given up on the Beijing Olympics.

Therefore, in such an environment, the club and the national football associations are quite stalemate, for the club to let the players go to the World Cup is understandable, but to participate in the Olympics is not acceptable. In their opinion, the national team has always been a group of irresponsible people, and there have long been various rumors that the national team uses people to death, completely ignoring the fatigue and physical health of the players, and no player dares to refuse the Football Association's call-up and play-in requirements when a big patriotic hat is buttoned down.

But this is miserable for the clubs, your national team does not give money, but you are a player bought with real money, take a step back and say that the player is not injured, at best, it is a period of downturn at the beginning of the season, but once the injury is not their own money to treat, they are not willing to play such a wrongful head!

Despite FIFA's long rule that any player under the age of 23 must participate in the Olympics if they are called up by the state, and in response to club protests, FIFA also ruled that clubs must allow players of appropriate age to participate in the Olympics, but three unhappy clubs have taken the court to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Barcelona, Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen have refused to allow their club's players Lionel Messi, Rafinha and Diego to participate in the Olympics, and they hope that the Arbitration Board for Sport will resolve the issue.

The Argentine Football Association and the domestic public were naturally reluctant to do so, and almost immediately they got into a fight with Barcelona President Joan Laporta.

The president of the Argentine Football Federation, Grondona, said that he believes that the appeal filed by the Spanish club Barcelona will definitely lose and will not have any impact on Messi's participation in the Olympic Games: "I think Barcelona's appeal is only a procedural issue and a face issue, they have to do it, but it will not have any impact on Messi's participation in the competition," Grondona stressed on many occasions that many players participating in Olympic football matches are currently facing similar problems as Messi, Messi's removal of obstacles to the Olympics provided a basis for them to solve the problem.

At the same time, the president of the Argentine Football Federation also believes that Messi has been silent on the matter is the right thing to do, "He has made it clear to the club that he wants to participate in the Olympic Games, and the final result is not something he can control." He announced his decision ahead of FIFA's final ruling. Messi is right to keep a low profile in this matter, and those who suggest that he will turn the other cheek with the club will lead to very bad results".

What will the Argentine Football Federation do if FIFA rules in Barcelona's favour. To this question, Grondona refused to answer, saying that he "does not want to talk about this possibility".

In response to such a shouting in the air, Barcelona President Laporta then publicly stated that Barcelona would insist on appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in order to get Messi back. "The Olympics are not about a country's highest level team, the spirit of the Olympics is for amateur athletes to participate. The Olympics cannot be turned into another World Cup. I think the Court of Arbitration for Sport will support us. Pep Guardiola expressed a similar attitude, "I know Argentina is very powerful in FIFA, but time will tell, and hopefully the arbitral tribunal will prove it." ”

In fact, the chances of Barcelona getting Messi back are slim, and Tunisian Aruru, the FIFA judge in charge of the legal affairs of the players, said of the Messi dispute: "There are no major international football matches at the Olympics, and the club should release players under the age of 23. This is a traditional, undisputed international practice. The decision of the FIFA Emergency Committee was made in accordance with this principle, which was also adopted at the 2006 FIFA General Assembly. ”

And according to the Catalan media, the reason why Barcelona does not want to let Messi go also has economic reasons. According to the previously signed contract, if Barcelona lacks too many stars, 15%-20% of the money will be deducted, which means that Barcelona expects to receive 6 million euros in the summer American trip, but now it can only receive more than 4 million. Now that Barcelona have gone Ronaldo and Deco, and Messi has become the team's standard-bearer, his departure will undoubtedly cause Barca to suffer financially.

For such a situation, the Argentine Football Association will naturally not relax under the help of FIFA and the righteousness, and take it lightly, for them, the duo of Riquelme and Messi is their main combination in this Olympic Games, if Messi fails to arrive as scheduled, it is absolutely unacceptable!

However, for the disturbances from the outside world, the players of the Argentine Olympic team who are in training are a little unhappy.

The Argentine national football team's over-interest in Messi has made them more or less dissatisfied and dissatisfied, the Brazilian Olympic team lacks the real first person in world football today, Kaka has not reacted so much, and at this moment, the Argentine Football Association, which also has many young generation stars, is looking like an aphrodisiac, how can this not make people feel angry?

So consciously, in the next training, in the case of the intensification of the "Messi competition" in the outside world, many players of the National Olympic team who participated in the training camp are fully committed to daily training, not that they hate Messi, but everyone wants to prove themselves with a big victory. And Santhiago also insisted on going to the gym to improve his physical fitness after the daily training, and the days passed quickly in such a fulfilling life, and the friendly match with the Cameroon national Olympic team came as scheduled.