Obviously, the Algerians still cannot swallow the defeat conceded by their national team which lost, on the sidelines of the return match counting for the play-offs of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, in front of Cameroon (1-0). After the complaint filed by the Algerian governing body and the very controversial exit of coach Djamel Belmadi, supporters have moved up a gear. Indeed, the Cameroonian international Karl Toko-Ekambi, author of the goal which qualified his team, was placed under police protection. For good reason, he is threatened with death by extremist Algerian supporters. According to the newspaper “L’info à Chaud”, the licensed attacker from Lyon Karl Toko-Ekambi has received death threats and has become the sworn enemy of a large part of the imposing Algerian community in France. According to several media, the Cameroonian international was attacked in the locker room by Algerians, supporters of LYON football club this weekend during the French championship.
After the meeting, the police were deployed to prevent the latter, who wanted to explain themselves with Karl Toko-Ekambi, from entering the locker room. Moment of panic for several minutes before Jean-Michel Aulas explained himself directly to the supporters. Remember that the Cameroonian player is the one who scored the goal that eliminated the Fennecs during the qualification for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. elimination which hurts the Algerians who have decided to attack Cameroonian personalities and even Fifa. This affair between Cameroon and Algeria is taking a new turn to the chagrin of purists. Author of a full season, Karl Toko-Ekambi scored 17 goals, while providing 6 assists in 36 games played. The native of Paris will be the main weapon of the Cameroonian selection in the final phase of the World Cup. As a reminder, the five-time African champion was placed in pool “G” along with Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland. Very recently Samuel Eto’o, president of Fécafoot, was quick to react to Djamel Belmadi’s remarks last Sunday. The boss of Cameroonian football, who did not like the exit of the Algerian coach at all, intends to retaliate via Fécafoot. FIFA might be called upon in the coming weeks for an arbitration of the case.
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