{"id":123832,"date":"2021-12-22T06:30:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T05:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=123832"},"modified":"2021-12-22T06:30:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T05:30:16","slug":"caf-president-motsepe-etoo-clear-doubts-over-2021-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/22\/caf-president-motsepe-etoo-clear-doubts-over-2021-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF President Motsepe, Eto\u2019o clear doubts over 2021 AFCON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe, has insisted that the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to hold in Cameroon will go ahead as planned.<\/p>\n<p>With less than three weeks, uncertainty continues to trail the commencement of the delayed Africa biennial tournament due to the outbreak of new COVID-19 variant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/21\/omicron-spreading-faster-than-delta-variant-who-warns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omicron<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Motsepe on Monday visited Yaounde\u2019s Olembe Stadium, the venue of the opening match on January 9.<\/p>\n<p>The CAF president however assured that the AFCON tournament would go ahead as planned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will be in Cameroon on January 7 with my wife and kids to witness this incredible competition,\u201d Motsepe stated on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see that there\u2019s a huge commitment and a focus to make sure that there\u2019s good progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to host with the people of Cameroon an exceptional tournament. It will be the most successful AFCON. We are ready to show the world the best of African football and African hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tournament is important for the people of Africa and I\u2019m so proud and so excited with the work done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CAF boss pleaded with Africans to have a strong belief in its people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to believe in our people,\u201d the 59-year-old added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to stop being the ones that lack confidence and are always expressing negative views of our people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll over the world there are competitions with challenges but we have to be more optimistic because sometimes we are over critical of ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re not going to have confidence in what we do, who\u2019s going to have confidence in us?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the generation where Africans must believe in Africans. We can host a football competition that\u2019s as good as you can see in Europe and the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Eto\u2019o, newly elected president of Cameroon\u2019s FA, also on Monday hit out at the constant reports placing the competition in doubt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Euros took place in the middle of the pandemic, with full stadiums in several cities in Europe and there was no problem, why AFCON wouldn\u2019t be played in Cameroon?\u201d he told French station Canal+.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr are you trying to say that like we\u2019ve always been treated, we Africans aren\u2019t worth anything so we have to put up with it?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see why AFCON wouldn\u2019t take place. 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