Why doesn’t André Onana play at the World Cup? Excluded from the shortlist: the disciplinary reasons – Corriere.it

Andr Onana’s World Cup already finished here: the Cameroon and Inter goalkeeper been excluded by coach Rigobert Song (as a footballer he was a defender, he also played in Italy with the Salernitana shirt for a very few months in 1998) before today’s match, Monday 28 November, against Serbia. The second match of the World Cup, after the defeat remedied on debut against Switzerland (1-0, goal from Embolo, on 24 November).

A sudden choice that of Cameroon and which does not only concern today’s match: Onana finished right out of pink. The reasons for the exclusion are due to a disciplinary measure: this is the explanation of a source from the Cameroon Football Federation to France Presse, who added we complicated our own lives. Effectively. According to what has been reconstructed there would have been a discussion on Saturday between Onana and coach Song which would have originated for a technical reason: it seems that the coach has asked the goalkeeper to change his style of play, to favor a more traditional style, and that Onana has refused. It seems that Song doesn’t like raids outside the area and certain dangerous passages. Evidently a very heated discussion must have followed, also because Onana’s style must have been known to Song even before the summons. Others speak of a dispute with Eto’o, the president of the Federation, who also trains with the team, but this does not seem to be the cause.

In his place is Epassy, ​​who plays in Saudi Arabia, in Abha and who at least on Milinkovic Savic’s goal could have done more. The match of fundamental importance for Cameroon, who dreams of qualifying for the round of 16 in a particularly difficult group. Because in addition to Switzerland and Serbia, there is also Brazil, one of the favorites for the title.