{"id":1247761,"date":"2022-11-09T23:40:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/09\/2022-wc-cameroon-becomes-second-african-country-to-release-26-man-squad\/"},"modified":"2022-11-09T23:40:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:40:14","slug":"2022-wc-cameroon-becomes-second-african-country-to-release-26-man-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/09\/2022-wc-cameroon-becomes-second-african-country-to-release-26-man-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 WC: Cameroon becomes second African country to release 26-man squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"366\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CAMEROON-FOOTBALL-TEAM-696x366.jpg\"   alt=\"Cameroon\" title=\"Cameroon\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cameroon <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cameroon left out long-serving centre back Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui from their squad for the World Cup in a shock omission as coach Rigobert Song named his 26-man selection for Qatar on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The coach also surprisingly included two home-based players \u2014 Souaibou Marou and Jerome Ngom \u2014 who had won their first caps just hours before in a friendly against Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>The team will be captained by Vincent Aboubakar, who competed as a teenager at the 2010 World Cup and again in Brazil in 2014 when the Indomitable Lions last appeared at the finals.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be a third World Cup for defender Nicolas Nkoulou, 32, and Bayern Munich attacker Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting, who is 33-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>Nkoulou made a comeback to the team in September after a five-year absence, having retired from the side after they won the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Ngadeu was also a member of that team but had remained a regular for Cameroon since. He was omitted for the last round of friendly matches two months ago and left out again for the trip to Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Song gave no explanation for the axing of the 31-year-old Belgian-based centre back at a hastily arranged news conference on Wednesday, where reporters were given short notice of the intention to name the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Song also included teenage goalkeeper Simon Ngapandouetnbu, who is on the books of Olympique de Marseille but yet to play a senior match. He is the only uncapped player in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon will play in an eighth World Cup \u2014 a record number of appearances for an African nation \u2014 and take on Switzerland, Serbia and Brazil in Group G, with their first game on 24 November.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SQUAD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers:<\/strong>\u00a0Devis Epassy (Abha Club), Simon Ngapandouetnbu (Olympique de Marseille), Andre Onana (Inter Milan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Defenders:<\/strong>\u00a0Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), Enzo Ebosse (Udinese), Collins Fai (Al Tai), Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union), Nicolas Nkoulou (Aris Salonika), Tolo Nouhou (Seattle Sounders), Christopher Wooh (Stade Rennes)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Midfielders:<\/strong>\u00a0Martin Hongla (Verona), Pierre Kunde (Olympiakos), Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City), Gael Ondoua (Hannover 96), Samuel Oum Gouet (Mechelen), Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong>\u00a0Vincent Aboubakar (Al Nassr), Christian Bassogog (Shanghai Shenhua), Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting (Bayern Munich), Souaibou Marou (Coton Sport), Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu (Young Boys Berne), Jerome Ngom (Colombe Dja), Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (Besiktas), Jean-Pierre Nsame (Young Boys Berne), Karl Toko Ekambi (Olympique Lyonnais).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"652\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-238.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2182202\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Lyi2ROu04Ks\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Annual Munufie Yam Festival: Mpuasu chief calls on Ghanaians to protest against galamsey (9-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lyi2ROu04Ks?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon Cameroon left out long-serving centre back Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui from their squad for the World Cup in a shock omission as coach Rigobert Song named his 26-man selection for Qatar on Wednesday. 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