{"id":1259568,"date":"2022-11-29T11:52:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T11:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/29\/andre-onana-suspended-from-cameroon-squad\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T11:52:26","slug":"andre-onana-suspended-from-cameroon-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/29\/andre-onana-suspended-from-cameroon-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Onana suspended from Cameroon squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/127806187_andreonanarigobertsongtraining-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"Andre Onana (left) and coach Rigobert Song, pictured during training on Sunday, have fallen out in an apparent row over tactics\" title=\"Andre Onana (left) and coach Rigobert Song, pictured during training on Sunday, have fallen out in an apparent row over tactics\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andre Onana (left) and coach Rigobert Song, pictured during training on Sunday, have fallen out in an apparent row over tactics<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cameroon coach Rigobert Song has suspended Andre Onana from his squad after saying the goalkeeper asked not to play their second World Cup group match amid reports of a falling out between the pair in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Inter Milan keeper Onana started for the Indomitable Lions in their Group G opener against Switzerland, a 1-0 defeat, but he was replaced by Devis Epassy for Monday\u2019s 3-3 draw against Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>He was not listed among the substitutes.<br \/>In a statement, Cameroon\u2019s football federation (Fecafoot) said that \u201cfollowing Song\u2019s decision, Onana has been temporarily suspended from the group for disciplinary reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Now led by former team-mate Samuel Eto\u2019o, Fecafoot expressed \u201cits full support\u201d for the coach, 46, as he implements policy \u201caimed at preserving discipline, solidarity and cohesion with the national team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports of dissatisfaction with Song\u2019s tactical nous have emerged from the Cameroon camp, with suggestions the coach and goalkeeper have disagreed over Onana\u2019s regular venturing out of his box.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ajax Amsterdam star had more touches (61), some far from his penalty area, than any other goalkeeper at the World Cup against the Swiss, but his progressive approach is seemingly at odds with Song\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is an important player, but we are in a difficult tournament,\u201d said the coach after the thrilling draw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what I have to do, and that is to ensure that the team takes precedence over any individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndre wanted to step out and we accepted that position. In a squad, discipline is important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Onana started all of Cameroon\u2019s games this year, having served a nine-month doping ban last year.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by news agency AFP whether he would start Cameroon\u2019s final match, Onana\u2019s replacement Devis Epassy said \u201cyou\u2019ll have to ask the coach\u201d and insisted there was no problem in the camp.<\/p>\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=\"r9A-txvy2ck\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Anxiety jeopardizes growth in difficult times - Badwam Nkuranhyensem (29-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r9A-txvy2ck?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>Andre Onana (left) and coach Rigobert Song, pictured during training on Sunday, have fallen out in an apparent row over tactics Cameroon coach Rigobert Song has suspended Andre Onana from his squad after saying the goalkeeper asked not to play their second World Cup group match amid reports of a falling out between the pair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1259569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1104,711,6504,61,1318],"class_list":["post-1259568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-andre","tag-cameroon","tag-onana","tag-squad","tag-suspended"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1259568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1259568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1259568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1259568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1259568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}