Is there a risk of underestimating Cape Verde Islands?
We all know there’s no such thing as minnows anymore. Cape Verde play a very clever counter-attacking game and their squad is blessed with players plying their trade in the Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish leagues. We have to be careful especially as we have a few weaknesses. We’ve been winning our games, it’s true, but we still need to improve our finishing and generally move up a notch. Furthermore, don’t forget that Samuel Eto’o is suspended for the game. After your narrow defeat in the final of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, how high are expectations in Cameroon? Well, the fact that we made the final at all was greeted very positively in Cameroon. The defeat was obviously hard to take, but it’s history now and we’ve moved on. There was a lot of pressure on the team before the Cup of Nations. I took over just nine days before the tournament started. To be honest, one expects constant pressure when you’re the coach of Cameroon. What is your view of African football at the moment? There’
