The Cameroonian Football Federation (Fécafoot), led by Samuel Eto’o, today expressed his “great astonishment” after learning on Tuesday that the Ministry of Sports had hired to Belgian Marc Brys as the new coach being replaced Song of Rigobert, whose contract expired and was not renewed after the Africa Cup played in February. The ‘indomitable lion’ fell in the round of 16 against Nigeria (2-0).
“The Cameroonian Football Federation, together with all Cameroonians, is aware of the appointment to the positions of responsibility of the Absolute Men’s Football Team,” Fecafoot said in a statement.
“Unilateral decision” and “great surprise”
The organization detailed that the decision to appoint Marc Brys was made “unilaterally” and expresses “great surprise at this act contrary to the provisions of the Presidential Decree of September 26, 2014, related to the organization and functioning of the national team.” football”, specifying that their sports management is the responsibility of Fecafoot.
Fecafoot “reserves the right to clarify this unfortunate situation and inform as soon as possible how it intends to act in this matter.”
A 61-year-old second-string technician
The conflict erupted on Tuesday with the announcement of Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, Minister of Sports of Cameroon, by order of the country’s president, Paul Biya, that Brys, 61, will take over as coach. Not known around the world, he has coached clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia and for the first time will play for a national team.
The news surprised even Eto’o, the legendary former goalscorer for the Cameroonian national team, Barcelona, Inter and Chelsea among other teams and current president of Fecafoot, who learned about the news in state television.
FIFA may punish Cameroon
It seems clear that this is another chapter in the the war between Narcisse Mouelle Kombi and Samuel Eto’o and could lead to sanctions by FIFA, whose laws prohibit political interference in football organizations, against Cameroon, one of the African powers, five-time continental champion and participant in eight World Cups, which reached in the quarterfinals in 1990.
Eto’o, who took over the Fecafoot presidency in December 2021, has been accused in recent months of abuse of power, match fixing and corruption. Last February he submitted his resignation but the executive committee rejected his resignation.
Source: La Verdad
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