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“Going back through history and watching the games, and learning through the history before I was born, and obviously the celebration was a huge part of that history … we have a lot of history coming from Cameroon, and any time I get the chance to kind of be part of it, I always enjoy.”Įmbiid believes that the class of 2022 can reign supreme at Africa’s showpiece tournament.

“Obviously, Roger Milla kind of put us on the map,” recalls Embiid about the then 38-year-old striker Milla scoring four times at Italia ’90, gaining further fame for his trademark goal celebration of dancing by the corner flag. Along the way, the Indomitable Lions wowed the world, starting with the upset of reigning champion Argentina in the opening match. The first African nation to advance to the last eight, a mere seven minutes away from reaching the final four, Cameroon eventually succumbed to England in extra-time. While his remarkable journey brought Embiid to America at the age of 16 - first via high school and college in Florida and Kansas, and subsequently selected 3rd overall in the 2014 NBA Draft by Philadelphia - he was born a few years after Cameroon’s fairytale run to the quarterfinals of the 1990 World Cup in Italy. You could hear the whole country just scream.” “The crazy thing is that when Cameroon would always play, anytime they would score, everybody would just scream.

“The excitement level has always been huge,” Embiid tells CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies about his love of the Cameroon national team dating back to childhood.

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