On March 25 and 29, the third phase of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Africa Qualifier will begin, with ten teams playing against each other, and after the two legs of home and away matches, the winning five teams will receive world cup tickets.
The specific matches are:
Egypt vs Senegal
Cameroon vs Algeria
Ghana vs Nigeria
Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Morocco
Mali vs Tunisia
Just as the crucial third phase of the World Cup of Nations kicked off just weeks later, the Cameroonian national team suddenly changed its manager, and the manager Tony Concessan, who had just led Cameroon to third place in the Africa Cup of Nations, had been sacked and Rigobert Son became the team's new manager.
As a player, Rigobert Song, a defender, has traveled in Ligue 1, Serie A, Premier League, Bundesliga and Turkish Super League. Compared to the achievements of his club career, Rigobert Song has left a deeper mark on the Cameroon national team.
Rigobert Song, who made his debut for the national team at the age of 17, participated in four World Cups with Cameroon in the 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010 World Cups, and helped Cameroon win consecutive African Cups in 2000 and 2002 as captains. With a total of 137 appearances for the national team, he is still the holder of the cameroon national team appearance record.
Rigobert Song ended his playing career in 2010 and retired to coaching, but has never coached at a club, but has served as interim manager of the Cameroon national team and coached the Cameroon U23 national team.
Rigobert Song, who is still in the middle of coaching, has now become the manager of the Cameroon national team, and in three weeks he will face a major test, leading the team to play the third stage of the World Cup, and the opponent Algeria is very strong.
In the second stage of the previous World Preliminary Round, Cameroon was in Group D with Côte d'Ivoire, Mozambique and Malawi, and the then coach Tony Concessão led Cameroon to a record of 5 wins and 1 loss, and finally advanced to the top of the group. Among them, Cameroon lost 1-2 away to the powerful Côte d'Ivoire, and in the last round of the life-and-death battle, Cameroon won 1-0 at home to Côte d'Ivoire, which allowed Cameroon to advance to the third stage, and Côte d'Ivoire was out early.
At the Africa Cup of Nations, which ended in early February this year, Toni Concesson finished third with Cameroon. Cameroon lost to Egypt in the penalty shootout in the semi-finals, and in the ensuing third-place battle against Burkina Faso, Cameroon won the penalty shootout. Today, Toni Concessan has been unexpectedly sacked, with Rigobert Son, 45, replacing the 60-year-old Portuguese.
In the current Cameroonian squad, the most goalscored by the national team is 30-year-old striker Abubakar, who has scored 33 goals in 84 appearances for the national team, and has risen to the third place in the all-time top scorer list of the Cameroonian national team. At the Africa Cup of Nations, which ended in February this year, Abubakar was in a brave state, scoring eight goals and receiving the Golden Boot. Abubakar, who played for Porto and Besiktas, has now left Europe and is now playing in the Saudi League.
Ekambi, who currently plays for Lyon, also performed well at the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations, scoring five goals. In the final round of the second stage of the World Preliminary Round, Cameroon beat Côte d'Ivoire 1-0 at home, and it was Ekambi who scored this key goal.
African lion Cameroon, missed the 2018 World Cup, this time can enter the 2022 World Cup, it depends on whether the new coach Rigobert Song can bring surprises.
Cameroonian national team record holder Rigobert Song is now the manager of the Cameroon national team, while Cameroon national team goal record holder Eto'o was elected president of the Cameroon Football Association in December last year.
Eto'o made a total of 118 appearances for the Cameroon national team, scoring 56 goals, firmly occupying the first place in the history of the Cameroonian national team top scorer list. As the core of the front and back line respectively, Eto'o and Rigobert Song fought side by side with the Cameroon national team for many years, and now the two are working together again, this time, where will they take the Cameroon national team?