Rigobert Song, coach of the Cameroon national football team, accused goalkeeper Andre Onana of disdain and not listening to his recommendations, and that he believes that his closeness to Samuel Eto’o, president of the Football Association, makes him do whatever he wants.
Song’s speech came during a leaked video that was widely circulated on social networks, on Thursday.
Song and Onana
Rigobert Song excluded Onana from Cameroon’s second World Cup match once morest Serbia, to be replaced by Davis Ibas in the match that ended in a 3-3 draw. 1 once morest Switzerland, before leaving the national team’s mission to return to his country.
In the leaked video clip, Song accused the Italian goalkeeper, Inter Milan, of not paying attention to his recommendations as coach, adding: I told Onana on the morning of the match, that I did not want to work with him anymore, he started crying, I told him, my child, I do not have time for that, I am preparing for the match, and the day before the match I informed Samuel Eto’o of my decision.
Photocopy of the video
And the Cameroon coach added in the video: I called him on the night of the match and he did not come, and in training he does individual things, and in matches he plays with risks, I asked him to stop taking risks, he told me that he did not want to talk to me, I told him I talk to Vincent Abubakar, Chubu Moting and Zambo Anguissa, who are you So I can’t talk to you?
Song revealed that because of the last problem, training was stopped, and he asked all the players to go to the dressing room and return to the hotel, and added: “I told Onana I spoiled the training, and Samuel Eto’o, President of the Cameroonian Football Association, was in the stands and saw everything.”
Song explained that Onana went to file a complaint once morest him with Eto’o, and continued: “Unana believes that being with Eto’o every day and being close to him will make him support him once morest me, but he does not know this man, and Eto’o told him to go and talk to the coach.”
Onana’s tweet
The Inter Milan goalkeeper responded to the leaked video via his official Twitter account, saying: In a world where lying is the most common thing, telling the truth makes you revolutionary, but in the end time will reveal everything.
