Cameroon-Japan Friendly: Indomitable Lions Earmark Strategies

The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will clash against Japan in a friendly encounter in Utrecht, Holland today October 9, 2020.  The encounter comes after several months of break due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The friendly is in preparation for their third round of qualifiers of the 2022 Total Africa Cup of Nations that will be hosted in Cameroon. It will be the fifth time Cameroon and Japan are facing each other. During the past four encounters, the Japanese won three times and drew once. The Lions will be seeking their first victory against the Samurai Blue. According to the official programme the match will take place at the Galgenwaard Stadium, Utrecht, at 3:00 p.m. local time.

For the past two weeks, the players are in Holland where they are fine-tuning skills ahead of the encounter. Out of the 24 players called up by head coach, Antonio Conceicao, 21 are present and intensifying training. Absentees are Ignatius Ganago, Jean Pierre Nsame and Jerome Onguene who are dealing with health issues. Information gathered from Holland say two players of the national team have tested positive with the Coronavirus. They are goalkeeper, André Onana and midfielder, Kunde Malong. This is the result of COVID-19 tests carried out on the players on Monday, October 5, 2020. It is second time Kunde Malong is testing positive for the coronavirus. Both players will not take part in the match today. Apart from those two cases, ...