{"id":7150,"date":"2016-01-08T21:43:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T21:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=7150"},"modified":"2016-01-08T21:43:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T21:43:40","slug":"toure-brands-caf-award-pathetic-and-shameful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=7150","title":{"rendered":"Toure brands CAF award \u2018pathetic and shameful\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yaya To<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7151\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yaya-Toure-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Yaya Toure\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yaya-Toure-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Yaya-Toure.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ure has expressed deep anger on the voters who voted Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ahead of him at Thursday\u2019s African Football awards Gala. The Ivorian, who had won the award for four consecutive years until yesterday, was expecting to win again after leading Ivory Coast to victory at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Gabonese, Aubameyang was voted by coaches and technical directors of African national teams who are the only eligible voters to decide who wins the prestigious award. The 26-year-old kept a smashing record of 18 goals in 17 Bundesliga matches for Borussia Dortmund but was eliminated with the national team in the group stage of the 2015 Nations Cup, earlier in the year. But speaking with Radio France International, Toure described his failure to win as \u201cpathetic\u201d and a \u201cshame on Africa\u201d. \u201cI\u2019m very, very disappointed,\u201d Toure said. \u201cI think this is what brings shame to Africa. Because to behave in this way, it is indecent! \u201cBut what can we do? We Africans, we do not show that Africa is important to us. We focus more outside our own continent. That is pathetic! \u201cIt\u2019s sad to see Africa react this way, that they don\u2019t think African achievements are important.\u201d The 32-year-old continued with his condemnation of Africa, wondering why it was easy for the continent to favour Aubameyang\u2019s superb performance in the Bundesliga over his own showing at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. \u201cI give an example: Lionel Messi has won all the trophies but [if] Cristiano Ronaldo has the award [the 2015 FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or], what would you say? It would be unfair! \u201cFIFA, even with all the stories of corruption, would not do that! I believe that today, with what happened, CAF will go there too.\u201d Toure implied he might be quitting any continental event, saying he would look after himself and forget Africa. \u201cYaya will look after Yaya and Yaya will allow Africa be. \u201cAs I often say, do not care too much for Africa because Africa will be the first to let you down.\u201d Still, he congratulated Aubameyang, telling him: \u201cYou were brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/after-losing-toure-brands-caf-award-pathetic-and-shameful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yaya Toure has expressed deep anger on the voters who voted Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ahead of him at Thursday\u2019s African Football awards Gala. The Ivorian, who had won the award for four consecutive years until yesterday, was expecting to win again after leading Ivory Coast to victory at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. 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