Emilio Nsue During these weeks, he experienced a second youth that he had never imagined. Despite everything, the Spanish-Guinean striker, who is already 34 years old and completed his career at Alicante Intercity in the Primera RFEF, The top scorer of the African Cup. But two days after he posed smilingly with his trophy, the Equatorial Guinea Football Federation informed him that he had been expelled from the team “until further notice.”
In the decision signed by the Secretary General, Juan Antonio NguemaThe Equatorial Guinea Federation decided that the Mallorca-born football player “should be expelled for crimes, for example.” several incidents of indiscipline before, during and after “The team’s participation in the African Cup, which Ivory Coast won in the final against Nigeria”.
The federation suspended the penalties as well as Nsue. Ivan Salvador EduHe was born in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona). “an unpleasant incident” During the African Cup, which required the intervention of the Ivory Coast police and “caused a significant delay in the team’s return to Equatorial Guinea” and also caused “disrepute” of the country and the Equatorial Guinea team, as stated in the post made public by the account X MundoGuinea1.
A national hero, Nsue scored five goals in the African Cup group stage, including three against Cape Verde, which helped him finish the tournament as top scorer ahead of world-class stars. Mo Salah or Sadio Mané. Equatorial Guinea was eliminated from the tournament by Guinea Conakry in the round of 16.
Background of deportation
Last November, Nsue, as captain, led a protest by the majority of the national team’s players against the country’s Minister of Sports. Patricio Bakale Mba, for making “serious allegations” against them. He condemned them, saying they “will not be able to blackmail their state at critical moments.”
The football players demanded that their situation be improved, including the hiring of a specialist in sports medicine, and in their communications the country’s president and dictator, Teodoro ObiangThe players were not considered guilty of the situation.
The dictator himself used his team as a propaganda tool against the people of Equatorial Guinea. The victory against Ivory Coast, which earned Nzalang (the team’s nickname), led to a decision by Obiang. “business holiday” for the country as well as giving a promise to the players “One million euro jackpot.”