{"id":447909,"date":"2011-06-26T16:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T16:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/26\/arsenal%e2%80%99s-alex-song-tottenham%e2%80%99s-benoit-assou-ekotto-disciplined-by-cameroon-fa\/"},"modified":"2011-06-26T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T16:28:00","slug":"arsenals-alex-song-tottenhams-benoit-assou-ekotto-disciplined-by-cameroon-fa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/26\/arsenals-alex-song-tottenhams-benoit-assou-ekotto-disciplined-by-cameroon-fa\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal\u2019s Alex Song &#038; Tottenham\u2019s Benoit Assou-Ekotto disciplined by Cameroon FA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Kingsley Kobo<\/h3>\n<h4>26 Jun 2011 17:28:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"85.5769230769\">\n<div readability=\"17.1972789116\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Samuel Eto'o - Cameroon (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/97500\/97575_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Samuel Eto&#8217;o &#8211; Cameroon (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>The Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) disciplinary committee has delivered its verdict on three players summoned for a hearing on June 21 after they were charged of infringing the body\u2019s regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Team captain Samuel Eto\u2019o, who was arraigned for shunning a training session prior to the June 4 Afcon qualifier against Senegal (0-0) and for meddling in coach Javier Clemente\u2019s substitution of a player during the encounter, was acquitted after the Spaniard testified via telephone in his favour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clemente told the judges he had given the Inter forward permission from training, and that a misunderstanding with a linesman during Choupo-Moting\u2019s substitution led to Eto\u2019o\u2019s brief intervention, which was far from any interference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Arsenal midfielder Alex Song, summoned for an \u201cattitude of contempt\u201d towards Samuel Eto\u2019o, when he rebuffed Eto\u2019o\u2019s handshake in a Yaounde hotel the group was staying at during preparations for the Senegal match, was slapped with a 1 million francs CFA (\u00a31330) fine, which was converted to a three-day community service of sporting interest, demanding the player to carry out several field exercises with pupils of a football academy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Represented by a lawyer during the hearing, Tottenham&#8217;s Benoit Assou-Ekotto needed to explain why he failed to honour a call up for the qualifier and why he did not notify the FA of any difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He was severely reprimanded for an unauthorised absence in camp ahead of an important match.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2886\/africa\/2011\/06\/26\/2548959\/arsenals-alex-song-tottenhams-benoit-assou-ekotto-disciplined-by-\" title=\"Arsenal\u2019s Alex Song &amp; Tottenham\u2019s Benoit Assou-Ekotto disciplined by Cameroon FA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal\u2019s Alex Song &amp; Tottenham\u2019s Benoit Assou-Ekotto disciplined by Cameroon FA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Kingsley Kobo 26 Jun 2011 17:28:00 Samuel Eto&#8217;o &#8211; Cameroon (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players The Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) disciplinary committee has delivered its verdict on three players summoned for a hearing on June 21 after they were charged of infringing the body\u2019s regulations. Team captain Samuel Eto\u2019o, who was arraigned for shunning a training session prior to the June 4 Afcon qualifier against Senegal (0-0) and for meddling in coach Javier Clemente\u2019s substitution of a player during the encounter, was acquitted after the Spaniard testified via telephone in his favour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":447910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-447909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal\u2019s Alex Song &amp; Tottenham\u2019s Benoit Assou-Ekotto disciplined by Cameroon FA - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/26\/arsenals-alex-song-tottenhams-benoit-assou-ekotto-disciplined-by-cameroon-fa\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal\u2019s Alex Song &amp; Tottenham\u2019s Benoit Assou-Ekotto disciplined by Cameroon FA - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Kingsley Kobo 26 Jun 2011 17:28:00 Samuel Eto&#039;o - Cameroon (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players The Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) disciplinary committee has delivered its verdict on three players summoned for a hearing on June 21 after they were charged of infringing the body\u2019s regulations. 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