This is my "geometric freshman explanation": the problem is to put something instead of the "?" doing the job of $s$ in [![enter image description here][1]][1] ...but the composition $\eta\circ\epsilon$ is disconnected, and there is no way to obtain a disconnected manifold starting gluing something to that. :( such a pity. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/GAo1X.png