Douala (Cameroon) The Cameroonian press as a whole have been very critical of their national squad, the Indomitable Lions, after its 1 goal loss to Japan in its first World Cup game on Monday in South Africa.The daily ??Le Messager?? said « this defeat is a big disappointment for Cameroon, which has developed a dull and lacklustre match without a substantive game.The same story for another newspaper ??La Nouvelle Expression??, for whom this poor performance is among others not only the consequence of « the gang war » within the
squad, but now the « Indomitable Lions » have their back to the wall for the rest of the competition. »A huge disappointment for the people of Cameroon, few of whom expected this let-down, » the newspaper said.Radio-TV « Equinoxe » added that « it is no longer time for players to get into their strides for coach Paul le Guen,?? the French technician who is also much criticized « for his stubbornness to chose players based on subjective criteria??.{module Publicité 300_250|none}According to the media, « putting Alexandre Song on the bench has created a huge problem in the Cameroonian team which lost more than forty minutes in discussions instead of training.??A « noxious atmosphere, premonition of defeat, » said the bi-weekly « Aurore Plus ».The government daily, Cameroun Tribune, generally less critical reports that « the Lions got it completely wrong, » not without worrying about the tactical choices of the technical leadership.Apart from the reports of journalists, analysis of most technicians reported by local newspapers argue that ??Japan was within the reach of Cameroon??, but that the defeat was the result of ??bad coaching?? of Le Guen who ??could not compose a standard team and give it a baseline game. »
