CAN 2024: “Thieves, liars and corrupt”, Equatorial Guinean Emilio Nsue tackles his federation
Suspended for an indefinite period by the Equatorial Guinea football federation, Emilio Nsue responded on Instagram. The top scorer of CAN 2024 settles his scores by denouncing in particular the “corrupt people who manage football in Equatorial Guinea”.
Emilio Nsue after scoring his hat-trick against Guinea-Bissau at the Alassane Ouattara stadium in Ebimpe on January 18, 2024. AFP - FRANCK FIFE
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The top scorer in the history of
Equatorial Guinea
did not mince his words in responding to his federation after being suspended for indiscipline in Ivory Coast. During a live
with Iban Salvador on Thursday February 15, another major player from Equatorial Guinea sanctioned for the same obscure reasons, Emilio Nsue denounced the corruption and serious internal dysfunctions which undermine football in his country.
“
These cancers, these thieves, these liars and these corrupt people who manage football in Equatorial Guinea stole 1 million euros after the CAN in Cameroon, after we had given everything on the field,”
he said.
They had promised to inject this sum to develop local football. We are not going to be silent because they want us to. The money they owe us? We never saw him
.”
“
They are not ashamed of anything”
Emilio Nsue
, an indispensable element of Nzalang Nacional, continues: “
They are not ashamed of anything, even though we are the tenth best team on the African continent. Our coach, one of the best in Africa, is continually threatened and victim of blackmail. They want to divide the group, one of the physiotherapists is a snitch. They humiliated me on television. This is the greatest humiliation in the history of our selection. They want us to play against a selection of players from Aragón, that's the level of these illiterates and their thieves
. »
For Emilio Nsue: “
The Nzalang will continue to live, but not as long as the president and his henchmen remain in power. I am ready to die for my country, I want to fight for these people. The selection is above everything and everyone. Long live Equatorial Guinea!
»
Born in Mallorca to an Equatorial Guinean father and a Spanish mother, Emilio Nsuea learned his lessons in the Spanish youth teams. He won the European Under-19 Championship in 2007, then the European Youth Championship in 2011.
Emilio Nsue made his international debut with Equatorial Guinea in 2013. Two years later, he participated in the 2015 CAN which was played at home. Nzalang Nacional manages to reach the semi-finals of the competition.
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