Gonna be honest, while I try to keep up with global events, and did some Model UN type stuff as a kid...
I've like, never heard of Eritrea until this article.
As for the player on the ice, I think when he was 17 he played like he was 17, when he was 18 he played like he was 18, and now he's 21 and plays like he's 21. Talk about mistakes has always been overblown I keep coming back to
that one Igor Larionov piece about how players are told to over-simplify instead of having fun with the game and their skill.