Walter Wilson Nana
Buea, Cameroon
There will be a lot of football effervescence across the African continent in the weekend of September 6 – 8 2013. The last round of African qualifiers for World Cup 2014 slated for Brazil will be played. One of such action-packed matches will pit the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon against their Mediterranean counterparts from Libya. It will be one of the matches in Group I.
Indomitable Lions of Cameroon
The Group I standing puts Cameroon at the pole position with 10 points, Libya 9, DR Congo 6 and Togo 1.
For the September 8 showdown, the head coach of the Lions, German-born, Volker Finke has released a list of 25 players and 4 on the waiting list. Despite the one point advantage, reports have it that Finke is not taking anything for granted and so he is meticulously preparing the Lions for that game. The Libyans are also said to be preparing their coming to Yaoundé with a lot of seriousness and details.
Below is a comprehensive list of the players called to camp by Finke. They are due at the Confederation of African Football Excellence Centre in Mbankomo, Yaoundé from September 1 2013.
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Names |
Clubs |
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Players Invited |
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Goalkeepers |
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| 1- ITANDJE Charles | Konyaspor |
| 2- KAMENI Carlos | Malaga |
| 3- NJOCK Sammy | Antalyaspor |
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Defenders |
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| 4- NYOM Allan | Granada FC |
| 5- ANGBWA Benoît | Kryla Sovetov Samara |
| 6- NOUNKEU Dany | Galatasaray |
| 7- CHEDJOU Aurélien | Galatasaray |
| 8- NKOULOU Nicolas | Olympique de Marseille |
| 9- KANA BIYIK Jean-Armel | Stade Rennais |
| 10- BONG Gaetan | Olympiakos |
| 11- ASSOU EKOTTO | Tottenham |
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Midfielders |
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| 12- MBIA Stéphane | Queens Park Rangers |
| 13- EYONG ENOH | Ajax Amsterdam |
| 14- MAKOUN Jean II | Rennes |
| 15- MATIP Joël | Schalke 04 |
| 16- LOE Raoul Cédric | CA Osasuna |
| 17- NGUEMO Landry | Bordeaux |
| 18- SONG Alexandre | CF Barcelona |
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Strikers |
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| 19- ETO’O Fils Samuel | Anzhi Makhachkala |
| 20- WEBO Pierre Achille | Fenerbahce |
| 21- ABOUBAKAR OUMAROU | Vojvodina Novi Sad |
| 22- CHOUPO MOTING Eric | Mainz 05 |
| 23- ZOUA Jacques | Hamburger SV |
| 24- MOUKANDJO Benjaminn | AS Nancy – Lorraine |
| 25- DONGOU Jean Marie | CF Barcelona |
| On the waiting list | |
| 1- NDY ASSEMBE Roland | Guingamp |
| 2- OLINGA Fabrice | Malaga |
| 3- ABOUBAKAR Vincent | Lorient |
| 4- IDRISSOU MOHAMADOU | Kaiserslautern |
In a related development, FIFA has announced that the draw for the third and final round of African World Cup qualifiers will be made on Monday, September 16 2013.
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, will host the draw in Cairo, Egypt. The matches will take the form of two-legged play-offs, with the aggregate winners going through to Brazil 2014.
FIFA has also stated that the five best-placed sides in the world rankings, as of 12 September 2013, will be seeded for the draw.
The first legs of the play-offs will be played between 11 – 15 October 2013, while the second and decisive ties will take place on 15 – 19 November 2013.
