By Victor Kanayo
Barely one week to the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Cameroon football is still in deep mess.
The crisis associated with the country’s football has been on since the 2022 World Cup when the then coach and former international Rigobert Song fell out with goalkeeper Andre Song.
At the moment, the Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) have appointed Interim Coach Martin Ndtoungou on an interim basis ahead of the qualifiers next month.
This is after they sidelined newly-appointed Belgian Coach Marc Brys.
The decision follows a heated exchange between Brys and federation president Samuel Eto’o on Tuesday, the culmination of a stand-off between the pair after the Belgian was appointed by the country’s sports ministry in April, against the wishes of Eto’o.
Brys had been invited for a working session on Tuesday but several of his support staff, also appointed by the sports ministry, were refused entry to the building in Yaounde.
FECAFOOT later called a meeting of its Emergency Committee, who decided to make the change.
The move could put Eto’o on a collision course with the sports ministry, who have so far stood their ground on the appointment of Brys despite opposition from the federation.
So far, Cameroon have four points from their first two qualifiers and next host Cape Verde on June 8 and travel to Angola three days later.
Only the winners of each of the nine six-team groups qualify automatically for the finals in the US, Canada and Mexico.
