It's hard to let go of missing the World Cup! The Chinese Super League Iron Guard refused to be called up to the national team and denied having a bad relationship with his teammates
Beijing Guoan reversed the victory over Changchun Yatai, and Cameroon's iron guard Ngarde U's line of fire returned, showing a strong will quality and a sense of team honor, but he directly chose to refuse the call of Cameroon coach Rigobert Song. What kind of hidden secret is behind this?
Ngardeu
The 32-year-old Michael Ngardewu, Cameroon's "No. 1 centre-back", was first called up by then-national team coach Hugo Bros in 2016, and just a year later, Ngardeu formed a centre-back partnership with Adolfo Tekay to lead a predominantly young Cameroon team, beating Senegal, Ghana and Egypt to the top of the African Nations team.
Since then, Cameroon's coach has changed hands several times, but both Alexander Belinga, Clarence Seedorf and Tony Konseção have placed their trust in Ngardeu. Ngardeu played all the matches in the 2022 World Cup African qualifiers, while his centre-back partner changed repeatedly: from Onquene to Muquidi, and then from Birron to Castellato.
Ngardeu
With Ngardeu's status and his performance in the World Qualifiers, he should have played the main role in the World Cup in Qatar, but no one expected that Cameroon coach Rigobert Song would remove the 26-man squad.
Ngardeu in the national team
At that time, Ngardeu's agent Pedro David Jiménez publicly bombarded Rigobert Song, denouncing him as a puppet of FA president Eto'o: "It's a shame that Ngardeu provided a key assist in the crucial match for the right to qualify, thus helping Cameroon qualify for the World Cup." He is a role model, both on and off the pitch, always for the team, unlike some who have turned down calls to the national team in the past. Head coach Song and his coaching staff are Eto'o's puppets, because it was Eto'o who made the final decision. ”
Ngardeu and head coach Song
In order to discredit Ngardeu, Eto'o even instructed his "royal correspondent" Jean-Lambert South to spread fake news, saying that Ngardeu was not selected for the World Cup squad because he had a conflict with the core of the team, Anguiza, and was opposed by the entire dressing room.
Anguisa and Ngardeu
A few days ago, Ngardeu broke the long-standing calm, and he directly refuted the statement that he and Anguisa were at odds: "There has never been any problem between me and Zambo [referring to Anguiza], and I have never tried to challenge anyone in the national team. ”
Eto'o and Ngardeu
Until now, Ngardeu is still struggling to miss the World Cup, and if Rigobert Song does not give a reasonable explanation, he will not accept the call up to the national team again: "Two minutes before they announced the squad, I received a text message on my mobile phone saying that I had been removed from the squad. If they don't tell me why I lost at the last minute, I won't go back. ”