The Indomitable Lions will play their 8th World Cup this fall.
Five times winner of the African Cup of Nations, Cameroon is one of the very best African teams.
However, it is difficult to make him a credible favorite in this World Cup where he will already have to face a tough group with Serbia, Switzerland and Brazil.
Anecdote
In 1985, the Frenchman Claude Le Roy was appointed coach of Cameroon when he had still not given his consent.
Traveling to Yaoundé, he was faced with a fait accompli when the national technical director had officially enthroned him at the head of the Indomitable Lions in front of an audience of journalists.
An anecdote told by the technician in his book “Le Sorcier blond”.
Cameroon team form
Cameroon has been plugged into alternating current for several months.
Eliminated in the semi-finals of the last African Cup of Nations, which they played at home last January, the Indomitable Lions then managed to climb to the final phase of this World Cup after a success acquired at the very last second. of the return shoot-off against Algeria.
But the two recent defeats in a friendly match against Uzbekistan (2-0) then against South Korea (1-0) are not enough to reassure a few weeks before the big world rally.
Despite the brilliant form of Frank Zambo Anguissa and the skill of captain Vincent Aboubakar's goal, Cameroon will find it difficult to join the fight for qualification in this Group G.
The 26 players selected
Many current or former Ligue 1 players in this Cameroonian workforce: Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Christopher Wooh, Jean-Charles Castelletto, Nicolas N'Koulou, André-Franck Zambo-Anguissa, Olivier Ntcham, Karl Toko Ekambi, Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, Vincent Aboubakar, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting... so many players whose qualities we know and who form the heart of the Cameroonian group.
Goalkeepers
: Onana (Inter Milan), Epassy (Abha Club), Ngapandouetnbu (Marseille)
Defenders
: Wooh (Stade Rennais), Castelletto (FC Nantes), N'Koulou (Aris Thessaloniki), Ebosse (Udinese), Tolo (Seattle Sounders), Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union), Fai (Al-Tai)
Midfielders
: Zambo-Anguissa (SSC Naples), Hongla (Hellas Verona), Oum Gouet (KV Mechelen), Ondoua (Hanover 96), Ntcham (Swansea), Kunde (Olympiakos)
Attackers
: Toko Ekambi (Lyon), N'Koudou (Besiktas), Ngamaleu (Dynamo Moscow), Ngom (Apejes FC), Mbeumo (Brentford), Bassogog (Shanghai Shenhua), Aboubakar (Al-Nassr), Choupo-Moting (Bayern) Munich), Nsame (Young Boys Bern), Marou (Coton Sport FC)
The probable composition
Probable composition Cameroon
Cameroon generally play in a classic 4-3-3 pattern.
Successful during the last CAN, the Ngadeu-Castelletto hinge should be renewed.
In the middle, the ephemeral Marseillais Olivier Ntcham recently took Cameroonian sports nationality and could thus appear in the starting 11.
The same goes for Bryan Mbeumo, the Brentford striker, who should play on the right of a nice trio completed by Aboubakar and Lyonnais Toko Ekambi.
Player to watch: André Onana
The Cameroonian goalkeeper of Inter Milan André Onana, here in January against the Comoros.
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Revealed during the 2018-2019 season when he reached the semi-finals of the Champions League with Ajax Amsterdam, the Cameroonian goalkeeper was then displayed as one of the very best in his position on the African continent.
But at the beginning of 2021, a positive doping control will abruptly stop his ascent.
In the columns of Marca, Onana had indicated that he had inadvertently ingested a drug intended for his wife.
Onana replayed a few matches with Ajax at the end of last season before joining Inter Milan and achieving solid performances there.
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