NOW IT IS KEY PIECE IN FRANCE
Umtiti Was presionado to play in the selection of Cameroon
Published:15/07/2018 - 14:12h
Updated:15/07/2018 - 14:33h
Samuel Umtiti was born in Cameroon but mudó to France with hardly two years. Thus, his national feeling was French from the beginning, although it received pressures to play defending to Cameroon. After his big World-wide, has showed that hit
Samuel Umtiti is being one of the big figures of the World-wide playing for the selection of France. Didier Deschamps, seleccionador of the instrument Frenchman, has kept intact his confidence in the defender of the FC Barcelona to the end and the bet could not him have gone out better, since it has formed a solid defence beside Raphael Varane, defence of the Real Madrid.
However, the destination of Samuel Umtiti could change in 2015, moment in which it still had not debuted with the absolute selection of France and that it was presionado to defend the colours of the selection of Cameroon, country in which it was born but of the that left with two years to reside in territory Frenchman.
Roger Mile, mythical ex Cameroonian player, treated to convince him travelling to Lyon in 2015. "The president of the French Federation said us that it will have to expect four years to open step because in his place there are a lot of players. If it wants to play a World-wide, has to decide by Cameroon. It is now or never", it warned to Umtiti.
Nevertheless, Samuel Umtiti always had it clear. "Have family there, but only have gone twice. It is part of my roots, but do not remember how was to live there. My decision has been meditada. I wanted to defend to France from the beginning. It is logical and natural. I grew here, had all my training here and played with 'them bleus' in all the inferior categories", said the Barcelona head office.
Big World-wide of Umtiti in Russia
Samuel Umtiti have had a fundamental paper in the French selection of face to the success of the 'bleus'. The central of the FC Barcelona has consecrated like titling indisputable and has offered a remarkable performance that has contributed of form determinant to the defensive solidity of the team.
Before confronting to the selection of Croatia in the final, Umtiti had clear that treated of a very complicated meeting against a very hard rival: "The final goes to be very hard, are in front of one of the most important parties of our career, but do not have pressure, only the wish to win".
