why was fc barcelona samuael eto leaving the pitch on saturday in the league match against real zaragoza?
94998
He was leaving the field because of the latest plague to inflict the beautiful game... racism. The Spanish league is notorious for this, and something should be done soon (and I'm not talking about meaningless things like charging a team about 600 pounds... come on! are they serious?! such insignificant action cannot stop anything)
1184919
on the bench.  why?  no good reason.  he's a leading scorer and the genius manager decided he could better serve his team by sitting out.  not a good move imo.  he isn't injured if that's what you're asking.
318346
I think you meant this question the other way around? Not sure but Eto'o has been subject to great amounts of racial abuse (monkey chants etc)and has garnered more press about racism than any other african player in La Liga.\n\nHe did take a very strong stand against Real Zaragoza fans but he has been subjected to this for awhile now.\n\nIt's simply disgraceful and unfair to any player who is targeted by racists while doing their job.
325614
He played for other clubs Derby, Sheffield Utd, Fulham, and Chelsea to finish his career.\n\nThe last I recently heard, he was retired and working in the private sector doing pretty good I believe.
903322
Baca\nRonaldinho performaces better these days, and he has 7 goals in the league so far. if Etto'o was here, it wouldl be crazier.
494779
The papers say he is planning on leaving, and Man Utd is willing to sell him for 8mils. His old club, PSV, offered 5mils.. so we'll see what happens.
989799
Mr. Simon is from Brazil.\nOn one website he only got a 4 on a scale of 1 to 6(worst).\nBesides the discussions about the penalty in the 79th minute, he overlooked that in the 75th minute, he should have sent off a player from Ghana (Kuffour) for a overly hard attack against Iaquinta although the game was already stopped.\nSo one reason could be that this was a concession as he had a bad conscience.\nAnother very likely explanation is that neither he nor his linesmen had a clear view about this scene or simply judged it in a different way than others. Interestingly, the website I had been looking at, does not count this a one of his grave mistakes, meaning, there at least are doubts about this being a penalty..\nDon't forget that the guys on the field have to decide within seconds without having the benefit of looking at the replay again and again...
205322
yeah the armbands were against racism.\nI'm not sick of Mourinho. Infact he's the second coach i like after Franck Rijkaard(Barcelona). Mourinho coaches very well always expecting the best from his players.\nIt's not his fault: Barca was better(I'm a Barcelona fan: FORCA BARCA)\nI mean Roni, eto'o, marques, deco, motta, puyol were in the field so there's nothing Chelsea could do.\nI don't want to raise a debate but Barcelona is the best.\nMessi got injured on a precedent action then added to the collition with Terry(hope i'm not mistaken) the injure just got worse.
758415
His wife gave birth yesterday, in Argentina. He is not injured, but he is kind of out of scene because he quitted the national side due to journalists accusing him for the "bad WC results", personally I think that if Riquelme didn't play they wouldn´t even had qualified.
749899
coz he is off to Real Madrid in January and did not want to get injured.\n\nhahaha just joking, someone pick him up of the ground, because Jose is a w@anker he did not want to make it easy for barcelona so put out a weaker team in order to get beat through anyway, and he has that huge game on sunday
858479
ce sera le match des qualifications, parce que même le meilleur barça du moment (sans eto'o, messi, saviola) pourra ne pas être suffisant pour le meilleur werder bremen des dernières années. tout va dépendre des performances de ronaldinho et de diego, les deux hommes qui peuvent faire la différence dans les respectives équipes. c'est un jeu ou barça est obligé de vaincre et bremen n'a besoin que d'un match nul. tout est possible, même l'élimination scandale de barça.
442715
Neither good nor bad, but he wouldn't have played much anyways because he must be ready for the return leg against Milan next week. Barca has a healthy enough lead in the Liga that even without him, while not as dominant, are still good enough to at least hold out for a draw and wrap up the title another week. The CL is a bigger focus for the club right now.
1176244
Because Messi was offside. Too bad though.
371531
i dont know where you heard lampard will leave, because hes not leaving hes the main midfielder along with makelele and he likes it ther. henrys a different story. it would be so much better for his career if he went to barce to play along side eto'o and ronaldinho, xavi, puyol, etc. they would win so many more trophies
478085
I have the luck to live in Spain, and Barcelona is my team, so I'm more than happy to have messi, etoo and ronaldhino in "my" team. watching the guy play is a real treat, and seen the fact that he's only 18 years old, the future looks good :) he, etoo and ronaldhino play what we like to call "samba football", but something messi has extra, is that he plays a top league game like he was playing with his friends in his backyard. :)
1062002
He used to say that he will continue to play for United because the club stood by him when his father passed away. But apparently, there were some rumours recently saying that he'll leave for Spain if either Real Madrid or Barcelona wants him after his bust-up with Ruud van Nistelrooy.\nAnyway, I hope he'll stay at United.
505124
No It was not fair for Jens Lehmann to b sent off. it was a dive, but the referee should not been too extreme. believe me, if Lehmann wasn't sent off n Robert Pires was sacrificed, Barcelona wouldn't score much - considering Arsenal 's defense was excellent. i mean, come on, Samuel Eto'o's goal was clearly offside, but the ref didn't call that one off. the game was clearly one sided..n how did Manuel Almunia performed? <the subs GK> he was not as good as Lehmann.. sending in a GK who hasn't played since the last season..\n\nanyway, let's hope that Arsenal would be a lot better next season.. with the new Czech Republican Midfielder Tomas Rosicky.. tho it's a shame Robert Pires Leaves for Villarreal.. But hey, at least Henry's Staying for the next 4 years =D