Embolo, the Swiss striker who scored for the country where he was born, did not celebrate and made the opposing coach proud

The promise was already made: if he scored against Cameroon, he would not celebrate. This Thursday, Embolo kept his word: he scored the winning goal for Switzerland against the African team and, instead of celebrating, the image that followed was that of the player with his arms raised, content, apologizing to the country that saw him born.

The Monaco striker was born 25 years ago in the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé. It was there that he lived until he moved, with his mother, to France. According to the Daily Mail, it was in this country that the star’s mother met her future Swiss boyfriend, a relationship that marked Embolo’s fate. Living in Basel, he received the new nationality from him in 2014, and then began to represent Switzerland in the junior ranks. ????????Currently, I am probably 60 or 70% Swiss, even more than I am African.”, he said in an interview with the Bundesliga website last year.

That is not why Embolo’s heart stopped having a special affection for the country that saw him born. “This is a very special match. It’s my hometown, where my mom and dad are also from. Most of my family is also from Cameroon, so It is a special game for me and my family”, the player who was very close to the coach of the African team, Rigobert Song, assumed before the game.

????????I am very happy for him and proud of him. He is my little brother. We usually talk on the phone ”, confessed the coach after the defeat. He also told reporters what he said to the Monaco striker at the end of the match: “I think he played very well and I wanted to tell him. At the end of the day, we are all brothers.

A brotherly relationship also embraced by Embolo, who, according to AP, at the end of the match wished Cameroon the best of luck for the remainder of the World Cup.

This season, Embolo has scored eight goals in 23 appearances for Monaco, as well as four assists. The striker began his career at Basel, a club with which he scored 31 goals in 91 games. From there he left for Germany. The first club was Schalke 04, which he joined in 2016 and spent three years. The next club was Borussia Mönchengladbach, who sold him to Monaco for €10 million.