Abogo and Oyongo denied visas

Players Oyongo Bitolo and Pierre Abogo are the first victims who will have to fight to obtain a visa to go join the rest of the team before their battle to win the trust of coach Volker Finke.

Among the 27 players called up for training in Europe, the two Lions could not join the group because they could not get visas.

Pierre Abogo, Canon Sports Yaoundé goalie was from Cameroon while Oyongo Bitolo, defender for d’Impact de Montréal, was to travel from Canada.

In all this circumstance, the Genaral Coordinator of the national team is to be blamed since he was appointed to the position by the president of FECAFOOT Standard Committee, Joseph Owona and he is not performing to standard.

"We have not yet forgotten the shameful history of the Lions stranded at Nairobi airport for lack of visas and the player of the national team in Zimbabwe whose hopes were abandoned for lack of ticket. We never expected it in the national team. I think Joseph Owona must quickly take action against this incompetence" said a member of FECAFOOT Standards Committee.

Despite the late arrival of Aurélien Chedjou and Captain Stephan Mbia, the group is still incomplete as Volker Finke left France on Monday evening, June 8 for Belgium where the Indomitable Lions play a friendly against DR Congo at the stadium in Mons Charles Tondreau from 19:30 Yaounde time.

After the match, the selection will be in Yaounde to play on Sunday, June 14, 2015, an official match against Mauritania, accounting for the first day of qualifying for the CAN 2017 in Gabon.

Both teams have a win each. Mauritania beat Senegal last Sunday at home with a goal to nil and Cameroon beat Burkina Faso last Saturday in France with three goals to two.