Since the African Cup of Nations, we knew that Toni Conceiçao was on an ejection seat. The Cameroon coach, third in the competition, was widely criticized internally, and in particular by Samuel Eto’o, the president of the Federation. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting had even announced his intention to no longer wear the Lions jersey under his term of office.
Even if on the side of the Ministry of Sports, we had recorded the extension of the Portuguese, Eto’o worked behind the scenes to change things. And as often since the beginning of his takeover last December, he won his case. And it is finally Rigobert Song, another Cameroonian legend, who will lead the Lions against Algeria for the play-off match at the World Cup next March (25th, go to Douala, and 29th, return to Blida).
“On very high instructions from the President of the Republic, the coach of the national men’s football team, Mr. Antonio Conceiçao is replaced by Rigobert Song”said Narcisse Mouelle Kombi, the Minister of Sports in a press release on Monday.
The central defender with 137 caps, who participated in 4 World Cups as a player, will be assisted by Sébastien Minier, Claude Le Roy’s former assistant. Lions coach during the CHAN (Local Championship) in Morocco, in 2018, he was released in the first round. Victim of a STROKE in 2016, very present during the last CAN, Song returns to the light.
