AFCON PAIN

Bienvenu Eva Nga admits that he was left in pain by Cameroon’s failure to lift the Africa Cup of Nations on home soil after being bundled out in the semi-finals and having to settle for bronze. “If Cameroon won the cup, it would have rubbed positively on many things. I was hurt that the players were not putting in all the effort,” Eva Nga says. “What was even worse for me that the stadium where

Cameroon played is around the area where I grew up in Yaounde and in the squad there was Moumi Ngamaleu [of Swiss club Young Boys], who I went to the same academy with.

“I was hurt that we couldn’t win the cup and my hope is that one day I will get my chance because there is only one striker, Vincent Aboubakar, scoring goals for us. If I keep scoring goals, they will eventually call me up because

Samuel Eto’o [Cameroon Football Association president] is always here in South Africa and will get wind that there is a Cameroonian scoring goals. “We have a World Cup qualifier at the end of March and you never know, I might be called. Playing for the Indomitable Lions remains a big dream for me which I want to make possible for the sake of my father.”