WORLD CUP 2014: Team spirit key at World Cup as coach gives new direction

DOUALA, Cameroon – Although Volker Finke’s appointment as national team coach was surrounded by controversy in football-loving Cameroon, the “Finke Method” has already started to pay off. Finke, who is German, replaced the popular Jean Paul Akono in May. Widespread criticism followed, including accusations from Akono that team sponsor Puma forced the country’s football federation…