Gabon To Play Friendly Against Cameroon On March 29

Gabon, co-host of the 2012 African Cup of Nations, will play a friendly match against Cameroon on March 29 at the Stade Marville in La Courneuve, Seine Saint-Denis, France, the Gabon FA said Tuesday.

Gabon are exempted from the AFCON 2012 qualifiers but have been multiplying friendly matches as of late to shape up their outfit ahead of the continental showpiece, according to the Black Panthers coach Gernot Rohr.

While the rest of the continent’s national teams battle out their qualifiers between March 26 and 28, Gabon will be confronting French Ligue 1 side Bordeaux on March 26 and then settling to meet the Indomitable Lions three days after.

Both West African teams squared off at the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with Gabon’s surprising in a 1-0 triumph.

Coach Rohr says he will be publishing the rosters for both encounters in days to come, according to leparisien.fr.

Cameroon need a favourable outcome from their trip to Dakar, but anything short of a tie might compromise the Indomitable Lions’ march towards Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012.