Walter Wilson Nana
Buea, Cameroon
After a highly charged game against the German Manschafft over the weekend in Mochengladbach, Germany, in which the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon pulled an exciting 2 all draw with their German counterparts, head coach of the Lions has made public his 23-man squad for Brazil 2014. Absent from the initial roll call of 28 are; Guy-Roland Ndy Assembé, Gaëtan Bong, Raoul Cédric Loé, Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik and Idrissou Mohamadou. Observers have been quick to say that some of the aforementioned players did not perform well during the 3-week training sojourn in Kufstein, Austria while a player like Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik was rocked with injuries.
Indomitable Lions of Cameroon - Set for Brazil 2014 campaign
In Volker Finke’s list of 23, there are two home-based players; Loic Fedjou, a keeper and Cedric Djeugou, a defender, all from Cotonsport of Garoua. The rest of the players are regulars in the team, who participated in most of the qualifiers and successfully picked a world cup 2014 ticket for Cameroon. The Samuel Fils Eto’o captained team include;
GOALKEEPERS
- ITANDJE Charles (Konyaspor)
- N’DJOCK Sammy (Fethiyespor)
- FEDJOU Loïc (Coton sport de Garoua)
DEFENDERS
- NYOM Allan (Granada CF)
- DJEUGOU Cédric (Coton sport de Garoua)
- NOUNKEU Dany (Besiktas)
- CHEDJOU Aurélien (Galatasaray)
- NKOULOU Nicolas (O. Marseille)
- BEDIMO Henri (O. Lyon)
- ASSOU EKOTTO Benoit (Queens Park Rangers)
MIDFIELDERS
- EYONG Enoh (Antalyaspor)
- MAKOUN Jean II (Stade Rennes)
- MATIP Joël (Shalke 04)
- MBIA Stéphane, (FC Sevilla)
- N’GUEMO Landry (Bordeaux)
- SONG Alexandre (CF Barcelona)
- SALLI Edgar (FC Lens)
STRIKERS
- ETO’O FILS Samuel (FC Chelsea)
- CHOUPO MOTING Eric (Mainz 05)
- MOUKANDJO Benjamin (AS Nancy-Lorraine)
- ABOUBAKAR Vincent (FC Lorient)
- WEBO Pierre Achille (Fenerbahce)
- OLINGA Fabrice (SV Zulte-Waregem)
Not Selected
- Guy-Roland Ndy Assembé
- Gaetan Bong
- Raoul Cédric Loé
- Jean-Armel Kana-Biyik
- Idrissou Mohamadou
In continuation of their warm up matches as they look forward to jet into Brazil, after Portugal, Macedonia, Paraguay and Germany, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will take on Moldovia come Saturday, June 7 2014 at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde. The international friendly in Yaounde is also an opportunity for the Lions to receive blessings from their home fans and bid them farewell on their journey to Brazil.
