Eto’o said during his session with the Cameroon players to motivate them for the semi-finals after facing Gambia directly: “Everything you did depends on Thursday’s match against Egypt. Prepare with the same mentality because it is war. War.”
Queiroz said, in statements carried by the Egyptian channel “On Time Sports”, “Unfortunately, I will make a comment that I do not want to say in response to Samuel Eto’o’s statements, because he forgot that some Cameroon fans died in the stadium while he says that the Egypt match is war, and nothing is based on it.” Absolutely”.
He continued: “Football is not about waging wars, but football is about joy, happiness and enjoyment.”
He stressed, “We will respond to this war with football, play and provide great football to make the fans happy. We are here to make them happy, not to cause their death.”
He continued his statements: “When you say that the Cameroon national team came to war and challenge, I will leave this matter to the African Union because this comment deserves a red card.”
Then he added, “The war that Eto’o declared, we will respond to it with football in the best way and in the best way.”
He added, “This is what people expect from all of us, and it is not the war that Ito talked about. We are talking about honor and dignity, so stop that.”
Egypt will play Cameroon in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals next Thursday.
Host Cameroon qualified for the semi-finals by defeating Gambia, while Egypt defeated Morocco by two goals to one.
A message to the fans of the Egyptian national team
Queiroz sent a message to the fans of Egypt during his speech, saying: “There are people whose mission is not to talk about tactical and tactical points and injuries, and this is a great danger, and as Salah said, this is the Egyptian team, not Al-Ahly, Zamalek, Ismaili or Future. It is the Egyptian team and we want real fans and the Egyptian public understands that The team is performing well and with a fighting spirit, and everyone here is friends and nothing else.”
He added, “Many stories are woven behind the curtain to talk a few minutes in front of the TV, and I don’t know why that happens.”
He continued, “I hope that the Egyptian fans understand that we do not lie to them at all and do not deceive them, and therefore my decision was to come here to talk to the Egyptian fans, and we are here to play for them.”
And he added, “We will not be able to be the champions of this tournament unless we have a distinguished battalion of players and a strong bench, and this is what we have done during the past 3 months.”
Then he said: “I have learned in my life that the devil is always behind the door and anything that may happen, and we must continue to believe in the ability of the national team players.”
He explained: “We are here to sacrifice and do our best to achieve victory for the sake of the masses, and this is what I strongly strive to do without using people and lying to them.”
He continued, “All of this must be stopped if you want to build a strong national team called the Egyptian national team. Talk only about Egypt and not about anything else.”