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The Diaspora Team of Ethiopia is falling apart.

The Diaspora Team of Ethiopia is falling apart.

The Diaspora of Ethiopia
Mon 02 Nov 2020 00:00 GMT

The Diaspora Team of Ethiopia is falling apart.


 

When it comes to the Diaspora World Cup, having more than a thousand fans in each game is supposed to help.  Rival teams like the Diaspora of Brazil should be cowed by the passion and the number of the Ethiopian fans.  Not this time.   When we looked at the demeanors of the Ethiopian players when they walked on the pitch, it looked like they were about to compete in the Hunger Games.  They were not enjoying the moment and that made things harder for them.  The moment they met a team of the same pedigree they were caught out. 

 

The Diaspora team of Brazil, despite their struggles in the beginning of the season destroyed Ethiopia 5-0.  The first ten minutes was a somewhat evenly matched affair with 0-0 within the first 10 minutes.  But, it was just for the Brazilian round of observation before the deployment of heavy artillery.  Meanwhile, DC Ethio Stars which represents the Ethiopian community in United States spread all their faults. They were anything but a team of serious soccer players. A porous defense with an inexperienced keeper conceded a goal in the first post.  With an absent and ineffective attack playing in the side aisles and somehow giving the impression to avoid the goal area with absolutely zero initiative from the midfield. 

For the seven first-half minutes, Brazil conjured football of a savagery unwitnessed against significant opposition.  This was football as blood sport.  Between the eighth second of the 23rd minute and the 49th second of the 29th minute Brazil, one goal to the good already, scored two more, piercing the defense of Ethiopia with such frequency and brutality and engendering such horror among onlookers that footage really should be viewed through an opaque shower curtain.  It was the dreams of the diaspora of Ethiopia being sluiced down the plughole in a stream of saltwater. 

 

Seriously?  This failed pass of midfielder Robel, poor Robel in line with the goal trying to reach fellow striker Henock, allowing the Brazilian Kevin Gnatiko to develop and perform feats.  Robel was probably the victim of fear of doing wrong by giving the ball to the other team.  Head Coach Teddy and substitutes were speechless at the bench, resigned and unable to back their guys. They likely finally concluded that shame does not kill.  The general feeling at the end of the game confirms that the DC Ethio Stars of Ethiopia are not ready for the next game against Nigeria or the knockout stage should they even qualify (It certainly does not look like they will).  The past reminds us that they have never even been since their first opening day of the competition. Oh, BTW, I forgot to mention the 6-0 against England in the 2015 semi-final.

This is serious, I said and bad because of the quality of the spectacle offered to the Brazilian team. Ethiopia was clearly humiliated. Watching this game from the stand, one could just ask “What in the World is going on with Ethiopia?” They just don’t know what to do.  From my prospective, each Ethiopian in the DC area at his level must bring his own to avoid another shame next Saturday against Nigeria.  Each has an obligation to recognize and change the way they serve their team. Is the time between now and the knockout stage sufficient to establish a group of conquerors pumped and ready to honorably defend Ethiopia? The answer will only come from Head Coach Teddy who seems to have a pebble in his shoe. He must renew confidence with all players and fans following this debacle as well as do some soul searching. Meanwhile, time is running out against the "DC Ethio Stars". So he must act urgently and quickly. 
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