Cameroon goalkeeper Andre Onana was despatched residence from the World Cup on Tuesday for disciplinary causes after a dispute with coach Rigobert Track.
The Inter Milan goalkeeper was “quickly suspended” from the workforce, the Cameroon soccer federation stated in an announcement, and the suspension would cowl the remainder of the event in Qatar. The federation stated it had booked Onana a flight again to Milan.
Onana had already been noticed earlier Tuesday on the airport in Doha.
Onana additionally launched an announcement referring to his disagreement with Track over workforce techniques that led to him being dropped for Cameroon’s 3-3 draw with Serbia on Monday.
Onana stated he had tried to resolve the problems in a bid to remain on the World Cup.
“I’ve put all my efforts and vitality into discovering options to a state of affairs {that a} footballer typically experiences, however there was no will on the opposite aspect,” Onana stated. “Some moments are troublesome to assimilate.”
Onana stated he revered the choices “of the individuals in cost.”
Onana had performed in Cameroon’s opening sport on the World Cup, a 1-0 loss to Switzerland, however was dropped for the Serbia sport and did not journey with the remainder of the squad to Al Janoub Stadium. Cameroon fought again from 3-1 down to attract 3-3 with out its No. 1 goalkeeper.
Track stated it was a danger to play with reserve goalkeeper Devis Epassy however insisted he needed to take “sturdy motion” in opposition to the 26-year-old Onana, considered one of Cameroon’s greatest gamers.
“In case you can’t slot in with what’s required to be a part of a squad then I do assume that it’s good to step as much as the plate and settle for duty for that as a result of the workforce, the squad, is extra necessary than the pursuits of any particular person,” Track stated Monday after the Serbia sport with out going into particulars of his disagreement with Onana.
Track stated he wanted all his gamers to “present self-discipline and respect.”
In his assertion, Onana stated he was dissatisfied that he was “not allowed” to be with the workforce on the Serbia sport and denied that he had damaged any squad disciplinary guidelines.
“I all the time behaved in a option to lead the workforce to success in a superb method,” Onana stated.
Cameroon nonetheless has an opportunity of qualifying for the final 16 on the World Cup however must beat top-ranked Brazil in its remaining Group G sport and hope that the results of the Switzerland-Serbia match goes in its favor.
Track is a former captain of Cameroon who was appointed coach in February in a shock to some after Toni Conceicao guided the workforce to 3rd place at this 12 months’s African Cup of Nations and solely missed reaching the ultimate in a penalty shootout loss to Egypt.
The president of the Cameroon soccer federation is Samuel Eto’o, a former teammate of Track on the nationwide workforce.
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