Why I Dropped Onana In Cameroon’s AFCON Opener – Song 

The Indomitable Lions’ campaign for the AFCON began with a pair of losses to opponents that were shorthanded by one player in the second half.

Cameroon were their biggest enemy when they failed to capitalise on some numerical advantage to draw 1-1 with Guinea in their Group C opener.

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THEEAGLE runs verbatim statements from Mali coach Kaba Diawara and Rigobert Song.

Onana arrived in Ivory Coast in the early hours of Monday and immediately joined camp but was dropped from the team that faced Guinea.

“No, Andre [Onana], we all know that [he wouldn’t play],” said Song on beIN Sports.

Cameroon made a poor start to the game and had already lost in the tenth minute. They had to fight back in the second half.

“You know how it has been at the start of this tournament. It has always been difficult. We saw how some teams started this tournament.” 

Francois Kamano, Guinea’s captain, was sent off during stoppage time in the first half, leaving his team down a player.

But even after taking command of the game, the Indomitable Lions found it difficult to make a profit.

“We controlled the flow of the match, but we were not able to score the second goal of the match to take the victory, I hope to do it in the next match,” said Song.