2017 AFCON Qualifiers: Lions resume duty

The Indomitable Lions will begin training in Dakar-Senegal for the upcoming encounter against Gambia on September 6th counting for the second day of play of the ongoing qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations to take place in Gabon.

According to their programme, the Lions who converged on Dakar yesterday will train twice a day in the morning and afternoon periods starting from today. Tomorrow, they will play a warm up match against the Senegalese U-23 selection.

They will stay on in Dakar until Friday September 4th when they leave for Gambia. On Saturday, there will be the traditional reconnaissance visit to the pitch of play in the afternoon before the showdown the next day. There will be light training the day after the match and the whole delegation will return to Dakar before dispersing to their different destinations.

It is worthy to note that Cameroon is leading the group with three points thanks to the 1-0 victory over Mauritania on the first day of play in Yaounde and the zero-all tie between South Africa and Gambia on June 13th.

Cameroon will therefore be seeking to conserve the leadership of the group when they take on Gambia. To prepare for the encounter, team coach, Volker Finke published a list of 23 players with some major changes in the squad.

There is the return of players like Allan Nyom and Sebastien Bassong while goalkeeper André Onana has been called up for the first time. Kombi Madjang is the only local players called up to the national selection this time.

There is also the expected return of Joël Matip who has not played with Cameroon since the disgraceful participation at the 2014 World cup in Brazil.

Unconfirmed sources say Njie Clinton Mua might not be honouring the sermons of the national selection as he is said to be having some light health problems.