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Eto'o: Trophies remain priority
02/05/2006 11:21 - (SA)
Madrid - Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o
says he is unconcerned about the possibility of being deprived
of top spot in the Spanish scoring charts as long as his side
manage to retain the title and win the Champions League.
Last season the 25-year-old was pipped at the post when
Villarreal striker Diego Forlan produced a late surge to end the
campaign with 25 goals, one more than the Cameroon
international.
This time round Eto'o once again heads the list of leading
scorers, but Valencia striker David Villa is closing fast and is
now just one behind him with a total of 23 goals.
"I'm not obsessed by it," Eto'o told sports daily AS on
Tuesday. "If I was allowed to choose I would much rather win the
league and the Champions League.
"I score goals because it is my job and to help Barcelona
win games, not because I want to end the season as top scorer.
"At the start of the season I set myself a target to beat
the number of goals I scored last year in all competitions and
I've done that. Last time I scored 29 and this time I'm already
on 31."
Barcelona will wrap up a second successive league title if
they win their match at Celta Vigo on Wednesday and Eto'o says
he is just as excited at the prospect of domestic success as he
is at playing in the Champions League final against Arsenal.
"The Champions League is an extra prize, but the best teams
don't always reach the final," he said. "The league is different
because there are a lot more games and in the end it is
consistency rather than luck that counts."
Eto'o said that although the outcome of the league was now
certain, the Champions League final on May 17 was a different
matter.
"We will be going to Paris to win the game and bring back
the Cup... But a one-off game is totally unpredictable and
anything can happen.
"There is no clear favourite in this game. We are Barcelona,
but we are up against a great team with a lot of stars and they
deserve to be in the final just as much as we do."
- Reuters
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