THIS MILLENNIUM, the only thing making the Cameroon national football team stand out from the pack is their penchant for alternative kits think the revolutionary sleevele s shirt from 2002, or the infamous all-in-one ensemble that saw them docked six points from their 2006 World Cup qualifying group.The Indomitable Lions are the all-time leading African team in World Cup participation but go in search of their fifth African Cup of Nations (C.A.N) crown this month as rank outsiders for the first time since the 20th century.The Cameroon squad that will travel to Angola is not the formidable Cameroon squad of the late 1990s but, as with most African sides, what they lack in talent and cohesion they more than make up for in pa sion and heart. In qualification, they won just two points from nine in came Frenchman Paul Le Guen, out went captain Rigobert Song and Cameroon qualified for the World Cup and the African Cup of Nations after picking up nine points from their final three games.Cameroons controversial sleevele s kitLe Guen initially only signed a five-month contract with the Lions, and wasted no time making his presence felt. Song, the former Liverpool and West Ham defender who has 131 caps to his name, was stripped of the Cameroon captaincy after 10 years, and youngsters such as Nicolas Nkoulou and Tottenhams Sbastien Ba song were called up.The Frenchmans managerial pedigree cannot be debated, after leading Lyon to three succe sive French championships and taking them to the quarter-finals of the Champions League and neither can his ability and apparent enjoyment to take tough decisions.Le Guen, after all, is the man who promoted an unknown reserve to captain of Paris Saint-Germain, and clashed with Barry Ferguson at Rangers. Reports suggested Ferguson would not play for Rangers again under Le Guen after he too was stripped of the captaincy. And after taking over at Cameroon, Le Guen was in no mood to change his stance. Paul Le Guen: Cameroon managerAware that his predece sor, Otto Pfister, quit after Nate Prosser Jersey becoming disillusioned with the amount of advisers surrounding him, Le Guen only took the job on the proviso he could choose his own backroom staff. He also made sure that the amount of officials travelling with the team was cut down, insisting only 13 non-players should travel with the squad to his first game in charge, a 2-0 friendly win in Austria. youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=rJQHhUfIiLk Le Guens exit from Ibrox was accelerated by a Scottish League Cup quarter-final defeat at the hands of First Division St. Johnstone, and there is plenty of opportunity for a similar shock in Group D of the African Cup of Nation where his charges will come up against Gabon, Zambia and Tunisia.Gabon were the team that troubled Cameroon in qualifying, and it was only the death of the countrys president in June which prevented them winning the group. Their game against Cameroon was postponed, and by the time it was re-arranged Le Guen had arrived and rejuvenated the Lions. Cameroon duly won, and Gabon finished second. A country Ryan Suter Men Jersey rich in oil money but lacking in genuine, world cla s football talent, Gabons hopes rest upon the shoulders of Rangers striker Daniel Cousin.If there is such a thing in football as a Group of Death, then this is far from it. In reality, Tunisia and Gabon will probably challenge for second place, and neither appear to be any real threat to Cameroons qualification. Tunisia, the 2004 champions, will rely on Mehdi Nafti to bring experience into the squad. Like Gabon, Zambias footballing narrative is tinged with a hint of human tragedy. The countrys football team is still struggling to recover from the 1993 plane crash which killed all but one of their squad, forcing them to a semble a new squad within months which nearly reached the 1994 World Cup. Le Guen will be without injured Spurs full-back Benoit A sou-Ekotto for the tournament, but Stphane Mbia may prove to be Cameroons young star of the tournament, wearing Marc Vivien-Foes number 17 shirt and in Idri s Carlos Kameni, they po se s Africas best goalkeeper.Etoo gets his hands on the Champions League will the CAN follow?As usual, Cameroons hopes will rest with newly-appointed captain Samuel Etoo, the Inter Milan striker who has scored 42 goals in 89 appearances for his country.But one man hoping for an early Cameroon exit is Inter bo s Jose Mourinho.I hope Cameroon go out quickly and dont make it all the way to the Final, he said.At least that way well have him back before January 31.Fans of the Lions hope not.
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