Sillah, I can't even count them. I guess I would still be at
some boot camp if I were in Ivory Coast. May be this explains
why Yusuf Fofana, Traore and others cried their heads off when
the junior squad beat them two to one in their home turf in
1982. It's just redicoulous in my opinion.
Later
Joe Sambou
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Subject: Re: Win, Otherwise, You Will Serve In The Military?
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Date: 02/04/2000 2:18 PM
"Next time you will stay there for military service. You will be sent
to the barracks until a sense of civic pride gets into your heads,"
the general said.."
Madiba:
Not too sure if there will be a next time, if I'm a player on a lucrative
contract in Europe as many of the players are. Please Gen Guei, do not give
any more unwarranted ideas to any other leader...be civic. It is just a
game, somebody has to loose, it is designed that way.
Jo Sambou, how many "milittary services" would your squards have owed?? Just
for laughs...
Regards
Baboucarr Sillah
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>Subject: Win, Otherwise, You Will Serve In The Military?
>Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 11:53:37 -0800
>
>Heh! Heh! Heh!... Oh Geez!
>
> Friday, 4 February, 2000, 14:58 GMT
> Ivorian players threatened with military service
>
>The "Elephants" were eliminated after three matches
>
>
>Ivory Coast's military leader has denounced the national soccer team
>for playing badly and threatened them with military service if they
>play badly again.
>
>The Ivorian national team were held for three days in a military camp
>after being eliminated in the first round of the African Cup of Nations,
>before being taken to Abidjan on Thursday night for a dressing down
>from General Robert Guei.
>
>"I asked that you be taken there so you could reflect a while. You
>behaved unworthily. You should have avoided us such shame," General
>Guei was quoted as saying by the Fraternite Matin newspaper.
>
>The players, many on lucrative contracts with European clubs, were
>shown on state-controlled Ivorian television being forced to conduct
>military marches and receive lectures on discipline during their
>detention.
>
>"Next time you will stay there for military service. You will be sent
>to the barracks until a sense of civic pride gets into your heads,"
>the general said..
>
>General Guei, who came to power in a coup on Christmas Eve, said the
>country's sacrifice in giving the Elephants, as the team is called,
>thousands of dollars had been wasted.
>
>
> Expatriate players
>
>The BBC correspondent in Abidjan says the bizarre case of an incarcerated
>national football team reveals how seriously the sport is sometimes taken
>in Africa.
>
>The Ivory Coast squad is made up mainly of players based in Europe who
>return home to represent their country during international fixtures.
>
>These expatriate Ivorians, like many other African football stars who
>have sought to earn a good living abroad, are treated at home with a
>mixture of hero-worship and jealousy.
>
>Our correspondent says some of the players looked tired and angry when
>they were released from the military camp.
>
>They are now expected to return to their various European clubs in the
>next few days but after their experience, many of them may now think
>twice before returning home to play for their country.
>
>A player for the French club, Marseille, said he could not wait to
>return to France.
>
>
> Damage to African football
>
>Football clubs in Europe have expressed concern over the fate of
>their players and the President of the International Football
>Federation (Fifa), Sepp Blatter, contacted Ivory Coast's military
>authorities to try to find out about the players.
>
>"Detaining a team because it failed to qualify for the next round
>of a football competition is a blatant violation of the autonomy
>of the football association as well as the fair play principle," Mr
>Blatter said in a statement.
>
>Ivory Coast were eliminated from the tournament after three first
>round matches.
>
>They beat Ghana by a respectable 2-0, but only managed a draw against
>the much smaller state of Togo and were then thrashed 3-0 by Cameroon,
>one of the best teams on the continent.
>
>
> -- THE BBC ONLINE NEWS --
>
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