New episode of the soap opera that has been André Onana’s career with the national team of Cameroon for several months. The Manchester United goalkeeper, who missed out on his Africa Cup debut after being given permission to arrive in the Ivory Coast just one day after playing for Manchester United, is not a starter today in the decisive match of the ‘undisputed lions’ against Gambia.
Rigobert Song, Cameroon coach, He became an introduction for Fabrice Ondoa, Onana’s cousin and has played in the first match of the current edition of the Africa Cup against Guinea (1-1). Onana, who watched that match in the stands just hours after arriving from Manchester, played on the second day of group C, but scored three goals against current champions Senegal (3-1).
Now Cameroon, with a point under it, need to beat the Gambia to go, in the worst case, to the round of 16 behind Senegal (6) and Guinea (4).
Criticized for joining later
The decision to allow Onana to join his team later than expected has generated criticism in Cameroon. Another chapter in a stormy career as an international of the Manchester United goalkeeper today.
Onana abandoned the concentration in the center of the Worldl from Qatar due to differences with Rigobert Song and a few days later, in December 2022, he announced his retirement from the Cameroonian national team.
After several months of fighting with Song and Samuel Eto’o, president of the Federation, Onana was convinced by the country’s highest authorities to return to defend the Cameroon shirt in September in the decisive match against Burundi that confirmed qualification for the current Africa Cup.
Source: La Verdad
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