Walter Wilson Nana
Buea, Cameroon.
Volker Finke, the coach of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon has made public the list of players to tackle the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia come Sunday, October 13 2013 in Rades, Tunisia. Leading the list of seven attackers shortlisted for that encounter is the skipper of the Lions, Samuel Fils Eto’o, who after the last Group I game against Libya in Yaoundé, September 8 2013, allegedly, told his teammates in the dressing room, he was quitting the Lions’ den to concentrate on his international career with Chelsea FC of England.
Since then, observers of Cameroon football and Samuel Fils Eto’o have been asking many questions on the motivation of such a decision from Eto’o and how realistic it was?
Indomitable Lions of Cameroon - Looking forward to another challenge from the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia
Others noted that Eto’o was going to be back in the Lions’ den, following similar situations from other players of repute, who announced their departure from their respective national teams, but came back to their decision.
While other opinions wished that Eto’o should stay with his decision, some groups and associations in Cameroon have being making public overtures for Eto’o to renounce his decision and get back to the Lions’ fold.
The list of 25 released by German-born Volker Finke, Thursday, September 26 2013 include;
Keepers:
Itandje charles (konyaspor)
Kameni carlos (malaga)
N(d)jock sammy (fethiyespor)
Defenders:
Nyom allan (granada cf)
Nounkeu dany (galatasaray)
Chedjou aurélien (galatasaray)
Nkoulou nicolas (o. Marseille)
Kana-biyik jean-armel (stade rennes)
Bong gaitan ( olympiakos)
Bedimo henri (o. Lyon)
Midfielders:
Mbia stéphane (fc sevilla)
Eyong enoh (ajax amsterdam)
Makoun jean ii (rennes)
Matip joël (schalke 04)
Loe raoul cédric (ca osasuna)
N’guemo landry (bordeaux)
Song bilong alexandre (cf barcelona)
Salli, edgar (lens)
Forwards:
Eto’o fils samuel (fc chelsea)
Webo pierre achille (fenerbahce)
Aboubakar oumarou (waasland-beveren)
Choupo moting eric (mainz 05)
Zoua jacques (hamburger sv)
Moukandjo benjamin (as nancy-lorraine)
Olinga, fabrice (malaga)
Waiting list:
Ndy assembe roland (guingamp)
Bagnack frank (fc barcelona)
Dongou jean marie (fc barcelona)
Aboubakar vincent (lorient)
Idrissou mohamadou (kaiserslautern)
The Tunisia – Cameroon match of October 13 2013 in Rades will be the first leg of the playoff of the African qualifiers for World Cup 2014 to be hosted by the Latin American football giant, Brazil. The second leg will be played in Yaoundé between November 15 – 19 2013. The winner of the two leg matches will join four other African countries to qualify for World Cup 2014.
