Onana Was Never Going To Play Vs Guinea – Rigobert Song

Cameroon manager, Rigobert Song has come out to explain why Andre Onana was out of the squad to face Guinea in their first AFCON match. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, Onana was never going to play the first match of the tournament, because a footballer who arrives camp at 4am cannot be expected to give 100 percent on the pitch by 5pm.

Song added that the MUFC goalkeeper will remain part of the squad, and he’ll keep deciding the stating XIs.

His words, “No, Andre [Onana], we all know that [he wouldn’t play].

We need to stick to our logic. He arrived at 4 am, how do you expect him to play at 5 pm? He is part of the group.

So he is part of the squad. There is the rest of the competition and I’m sticking with my full squad.”

On the draw vs Guinea, “The start of the match was difficult for us, especially in the first 30 minutes.

You know how it has been at the start of this tournament. It has always been difficult. We saw how some teams started this tournament.

We controlled the flow of the match, but we were not able to score the second goal of the match to take the victory, I hope to do it in the next match.”