That seems to be what coach Le Guen thinks of the Africa Cup of Nations (ACN). There is a disconnect between Le Guen on the one side, and the Cameroon Football Federation, the fans, some players and the staff on the other. Le Guen’s main objective is the World Cup while the Federation has set winning the ACN and reaching the World Cup semi-finals…
I think Le Guen is making a major mistake. By treating the ACN as some kind of pre-World Cup test drive, Cameroon’s coach is not using the in-house confidence which is one of the main characteristics of the Lions Indomptables. The end result is that the team sits between two chairs and that showed in their first game which they lost yesterday 1-0 to Gabon. Cameroon doesn’t go to the ACN as an outsider, it always participates with the firm belief that they will win it. It doesn’t surprise me that Le Guen acts this way, he already did this when coaching the Paris Saint-Germain, prioritizing the French Premier League over the then called UEFA Championship. The result is that they didn’t win either. I believe victories call other ones and you just can’t settle for some form of escapism.
Maracanazos are always ambitious.