Group E: Japan 1 : Cameroon 0

Cameroon's national football team are nicknamed The indomitable lions. These days I like to equate their superstar Samuel Eto'o more to a frustrated lion. He is one of the most successful players in club history. Three Champions League titles and various other league trophies did he he collect with FC Barcelona and Inter Milan. He is one of those players that always leave opponents terrified whenever they get the ball to the extent where they draw multiple defenders to them and leave room for others to score. Well the problem is with Cameroon nobody wants to play with him. He may be a World Class striker but on his own he can't win games. Apparently it's really hard to find a picture of a lion without unfunny lolcat speak plastered all over it and impossible to find one without some text. Still I find this one described Eto'o's position against Japan quite well.

Screw you funny internet picture stealing my opportunity to make funny subtitle.


Whenever he did something that was creative or dangerous his teammates realized that they were of much lower quality than him and decided to fuck it up. The worst part is that it's not really his job to build things. He's a deadly striker. He's supposed to score. But because nobody can help him with that he has to do the build up himself too. He's the captain but he's not really the leader. He's just the leader cause he's better than everyone else. The more I think about it the more he reminds me of Dr. House.





Look at Dr. House's eyes. Don't they just express pure frustration and hatred of the world. A figure not unlike Sisyphus, punished by the gods for being better than them. As result he has to suffer all eternity with the mediocrity of the ones surrounding him. Eto'o has the same sad eyes. When you look into them you see the world reflected in all their misery.

Samuel Eto'o preparing for the World Cup with the second most talented Cameroonian player, his son. I wonder why he didn't play. Fire the coach maybe? He's French anyways.


So it's no surprise that Japan won their first World Cup match away from home soil. The Blue Samurai (as they are called) just decided to neuter the lions as their leader was overpowered. Congrats to Japan's talented Keisuke Honda who not only scored Japan's only goal but also looked dashing while he was at it.


Soccer Player Haircut of the Day? I think yes. Go Japanese man who plays in Moscow.