I'm not sure ...
... it wouldn't surprise me too much if Mobutu did get involved - read The Fight by Norman Mailer for a decent account of how interested in sport, and how ridiculously zealous (not to mention unpleasant) Mobutu was.
Disorganised, indisciplined and just downright bad as that Zaire team was, I doubt if one of their players would just not understand the rules and boot the ball away (and that nobody else would have told him not to do it) - I suspect that's just Mwepu's story, one that he told knowing that condescending European commentators would happily accept.
Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on June 17th 2006 at 19:23:50
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- Well done Ghana (Other Football) - Klobo04, Jun 17, 18:51:15
- Indeed 2nd best I've seen after Argentina v Serbia.... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 18:53:00
- The number of times they got behind the Czechs was amazing... (Other Football) - Klobo04, Jun 17, 18:54:47
- africans have come a long way from this (YOU TUBE WARNING!) (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jun 17, 19:13:21
- John Terry special (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 19:17:37
- Interesting story about that incident, actually ... (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jun 17, 19:17:02
- heard that before, not sure i believe it though (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jun 17, 19:20:49
- I'm not sure ... (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jun 17, 19:23:50
- i believe the stuff about mobutu (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jun 17, 19:32:53
- More here: (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jun 17, 19:29:32
- strange that the article doesn't mention the free kick (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jun 17, 19:41:25
- yeh too be fair I've seen that footage as well (n/m) (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 19:43:04
- strange that the article doesn't mention the free kick (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jun 17, 19:41:25
- I'm not sure ... (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jun 17, 19:23:50
- heard that before, not sure i believe it though (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jun 17, 19:20:49
- could have said that about the czechs too though... (Other Football) - Swiss Yellow, Jun 17, 19:12:24
- africans have come a long way from this (YOU TUBE WARNING!) (Other Football) - Dave in France, Jun 17, 19:13:21
- The number of times they got behind the Czechs was amazing... (Other Football) - Klobo04, Jun 17, 18:54:47
- Indeed 2nd best I've seen after Argentina v Serbia.... (Other Football) - Brandonio, Jun 17, 18:53:00
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