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Eto'o fined 12,000 euros for insulting Real Madrid
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-25 09:10
Cameroon's African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto'o has been fined 12,000
euros by the Spanish football federation for insulting his former club Real
Madrid during Barcelona's Spanish League winning celebrations.
Cameroon's African
Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto'o, seen here 16 May 2005, has been fined
12,000 euros by the Spanish football federation for insulting his former
club Real Madrid during Barcelona's Spanish League winning celebrations.
[AFP] | During the May 15 party organised
by the club to celebrate the title win, Eto'o, microphone in hand, strongly
insulted their arch rivals six times to 100,000 fans at the Nou Camp stadium.
Eto'o, who could have been fined 30,000 euros, has 10 days to appeal the
decision.
The Spanish league's leading scorer with 25, he was once a fringe player at
Real Madrid before making his name with Real Mallorca, whom he left for the
Catalan club last summer.
He later apologised to Real and the club's supporters. He said he had been
caught up in a "moment of sheer joy" and that "I never intended to show Real
Madrid disrespect. There was no ill intention."
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