The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are hoping to roar and create waves at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar under the tutelage of Legend Rigobert Song.
Fecafoot the Cameroonian Football governing body has given all the necessary support to the Lions so that they can bring home the trophy.
Samuel Eto’o, the President of the Cameroonian Football Federation showed faith in his former teammate Song to lead the National team in World Cup qualifying. Cameroon did so by beating Algeria to qualify to Qatar where they will be making an 8th appearance.
Vincent Aboubakar is not only Cameroon captain, but also one of the team’s most technically proficient players. At 30 years of age, the determined Garoua native, whose long international career began back in 2010 – alongside national-team stalwarts like Eto’o and Pierre Webo – is on the verge of competing in his third World Cup.
Now it is Aboubakar’s turn to serve as a role model for a squad in which many of the key players will be participating in their first World Cups. After netting eight times to top the scoring charts at the 2021 CAF Africa Cup of Nations, staged this year, the confident striker is unlikely to be fazed by his leadership responsibilities, nor by the challenges that await his team in Qatar, as he recently explained to FIFA+.
“We won’t be afraid of Brazil,” he said. “We, however, are also a big team, representing a big country, and we believe we can go far. We let our football do the talking. This tournament features the best teams in the world, and we have to prepare well in order to compete.”
Aboubakar would to achieve what no Cameroonian captain has done and that is to lift the World Cup trophy.
Cameroon’s Group G fixtures
Switzerland-Cameroon
24 November, 13:00 (local time)
Cameroon-Serbia
28 November, 13:00 (local time)
Cameroon-Brazil
2 December, 22:00 (local time)
