المجموعة الرابعة : الكاميرون - تونس - الجابون - زامبيا

المنتخب الكاميروني يشارك للمرة الـ 17 وعينه على
اللقب الأفريقي الخامس وسبعة جدد بالقائمة




إيتو أمل الكاميرون لحصد اللقب الأفريقي




يشارك المنتخب الكاميروني في بطولة الأمم الأفريقية
التي تنطلق في العاشر من شهر يناير الجاري للمرة السابعة عشرة في تاريخه
حيث سبق للمنتخب الكاميروني أن شارك في البطولة 16 مرة منذ أن انطلقت عام
1957 بالسودان، ويعتبر المنتخب الكاميروني صاحب أكبر ثاني عدد مرات الفوز
بالبطولة حيث إن لاعبيه حملوا كأس البطولة 4 مرات من قبل ولم يسبقهم سوي
الفراعنة الذين فازوا باللقب الافريقي ست مرات، وفاز منتخب الأسود ببطولة
الأمم الأفريقية أعوام 1984 و1988و2000 و2002، كما فازت بأولمبياد سيدني
2000 بقيادة أبرز نجومها أمثال باتريك مبوما وصامويل ايتو وجيرمي انجيتاب،
ويعتبر المركز الـ 11 هو المركز الأعلي في التصنيف الشهري الذي يصدره
الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم (فيفا) والذي حصل عليه المنتخب الكاميروني طوال
تاريخه.


وتعتبر مشاركة الأسود في أنجولا مغايرة تماما
لمشاركتهم في البطولتين الأخيرتين في غانا أو في مصر حيث تلعب الكاميرون في
أنجولا وهي ضمن المنتخبات الخمس الأفريقية التي تأهلت لكأس العالم بجنوب
أفريقيا في شهر يونيو المقبل للمرة السادسة في تاريخها وهو التأهل الذي كان
له مفعول السحر في أن تتقدم الكاميرون إلي المركز الـ 11 في التصنيف الذي
يصدره الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم(فيفا) للمنتخبات.


وتلعب الكاميرون في المجموعة الرابعة مع تونس وزامبيا
والجابون، وقد اختار الاتحاد الكاميروني إقامة معسكر إعداد في العاصمة
الكينية نيروبي قبل التوجه إلي أنجولا.


وفاز منتخب الأسود بلقبه الأول في البطولة رقم 14 من
أمم أفريقيا التي أقيمت في كوت ديفوار عام 1984 وفازت الكاميرون علي
نيجيريا في المباراة النهائية بنتيجة 3/1، قبل أن تفوز الكاميرون بالبطولة
الثانية في تاريخها عام 1988 في النسخة الـ 16 من البطولة التي أقيمت في
المغرب وفازت الأسود في المباراة النهائية علي حساب نيجيريا ولكن بهدف دون
رد، أما البطولة الثالثة التي كانت عام 2000 فكانت أيضا علي حساب نيجيريا
في المباراة النهائية التي انتهي وقتها الأصلي بالتعادل الإيجابي 2/2 ليلجأ
الفريقان إلي ركلات الترجيح ليفوز المنتخب الكاميروني بأربعة أهداف مقابل
ثلاثة، وكانت بطولة عام 2002 بين المنتخب الكاميروني ونظيره السنغالي التي
انتهت بالتعادل السلبي بين الفريقين وفوز الكاميرون بركلات الترجيح بثلاثة
أهداف مقابل هدفين.


وجاءت قائمة المنتخب الكاميروني بها عدد من المفاجآت
أبرزها ضم سبعة لاعبين يشاركون للمرة الأولي في بطولة الأمم الأفريقية منهم
لاعبان يرتديان للمرة الأولي في تاريخهما تي شيرت المنتخب الكاميروني وهما
جويل ماتيب لاعب شالكة الألماني، ونداي أسيمبي حارس فالنسيان الفرنسي.

الكاميرون - تونس

الكاميرون - تونس

African Cup Of Nations Player Profile: Ousemma Darragi - Tunisia


The young playmaker is well known in Tunisia but his name is set
to spread around Africa and beyond if he continues on his upward trend.



Jan 4, 2010 2:35:40 PM

Ousemma
Darragi
Country: Tunisia
Club: Esperance
Sportive de Tunis
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Age:
22

Ousemma Darragi is a player who is a rising star in Tunisia
and
a source of interest from various European squads but is still not
widely known
to the entire African public.

That is likely to change after
Angola 2010 and the
upcoming CAF Champions League race. At only 22 he is already regarded as
the most creative player in the Carthage Eagles squad and his two
assists and
two goals in World Cup qualifying were instrumental in helping Tunisia
book
their place at the African Cup of Nations.

With
Tunisia still missing arguably their best player,
Yassine Chikhaoui, through injury for more than a year and half, the
youngster
has stepped into the frame to become the attacking metronome that the
North
Africans so desperately need.
Not only does he have refined technical
skills,
accurate passing, vision, and great ball coverage but he also has a
flair for
the dramatic.

He has shown this on multiple occasions in both an Esperance
and national team jersey.

His entrance into Tunisia’s first World
Cup qualifier
versus Kenya in Nairobi when Humberto Coelho’s men had just conceded an
equalizer is but one example. Darragi came on and made an instant
impact,
stealing the ball and assisting on Issam Jemaa’s winner in one motion to
give
Tunisia three points on the opening day.

The man they call
“Darraginho”
then came very close to opening his international goal account with a
long
distance effort after some magnificent hesitation dribbles and body
jukes on
the left side of the pitch but was brilliantly denied by the
outstretched
goalkeeper.

In the second qualifier versus Mozambique at the
Stade du 7
Novembre in Rades, his team-mates were barely holding on to their one
goal lead
over the resurgent Mambas but everything changed once Darragi made it
onto the
pitch as his ability to hold onto possession while under pressure
allowed his
team to build some attacking rhythm.

The ball was stolen in
midfield by the Tunisians when
Darragi received a pass from a team-mate and let the ball roll past him
to fool
an onrushing defender. He then took one more touch before firing a right
footed
bullet into the bottom left corner of Kapongo’s net to give his team
another
victory.

Darragi’s two performances as a substitute in the first
matches of qualifying increased the pressure on then Tunisia coach
Coelho to
give his young midfielder a starting place which he earned in an
important home
match against Nigeria.

The player responded by producing a
positive outing
however the lack of a viable striker in that match often meant that the
passes
he made were not taken advantage of effectively and the game ended
goalless.

The real breakout match for Darragi came in the reverse
fixture in Abuja where it was widely agreed that the Tunisians had
outplayed
their Nigerian rivals. However, wasteful finishing from Issam Jemaa on
the day,
a fine solo effort from Peter Odemwingie and an opportunistic goal by
Darragi’s
Esperance team-mate Michael Eneramo meant that Tunisia were trailing 2-1
with
only seven minutes in regular time left on the clock.

At that
time Tunisia was ahead of Nigeria by two points in
the standings and wanted desperately to at least hold onto first place
in the
group if they couldn’t extend their lead. A moment of magic was produced
when Darragi
found himself one on one with Super Eagles glovesman Enyeama in the 89th
minute thanks to lovely chip pass from Sfaxien midfielder Haythem
Mrabet.

The playmaker was standing at a closed angle with very
little time to make a decision but elected to take the shot himself when
he saw
defenders back off of him and converge on his team-mates who were making
runs
into the box.

Darragi made his opponents regret having
anticipated a pass
as he scooped the ball gracefully with the interior of his right foot
and put
it into the net to silence the crowd.

The high level of
difficulty of the strike
and the coolness with which it was dispatched made any remaining
skeptics admit
that this player was undeniably special.
Furthermore, the midfield maestro’s majestic move put the stamp on his
other nickname: “Picasso.”

His artistry continued in Tunisia’s
win over Kenya when
he assisted what ended up being the winning goal in the opening 36
seconds of
the match with a pinpoint cross but unfortunately for the Esperance
representative, the Tunisians were unable to hold onto their World Cup
place as
they slumped to a loss in Maputo versus Mozambique on the final day.

Most
Tunisians still don’t understand why their coach
elected to keep Darragi on the bench until the 70th minute of that
game even though a win would have guaranteed them a place in South
Africa 2010.
Once their sparkplug came on, things had already taken a turn for the
worse as
Tunisia were trailing and were being outplayed by the Mambas on the
synthetic
surface.

Now, with Humberto Coelho gone, Darragi will likely
benefit
from Faouzi Benzarti being appointed as coach of Tunisia since the
trainer is
also his manager at Esperance, a team where he starts regularly and puts
in
stunning displays that have reportedly made him a transfer target for
Werder
Bremen and Inter Milan among others.

However, he is unlikely to
leave his club before the latter
part of 2010 since his club president has already refused two concrete 4
million euro offers for the phenom because of the “Blood and Gold”
outfit’s
ambition to win the CAF Champions League title and then progress to the
Club
World Cup. With a player like Darragi leading the way, no one doubts
that they
could accomplish just that.

Honours: One
Tunisian Championship, One Tunisian Cup, One Arab Champions League
title, Tunisian Player of the Year for the 2008/2009 season.

Did
You Know?

Former national team goalkeeper and captain
Chokri El Ouaer revealed
in a television interview with Al Jazeera
Sport that Ousemma Darragi wasn’t even starting in the reserves of
Esperance
two years ago but that him and Hamdi Meddeb, the team’s president,
recognized
his raw talent and told first team coach Carlos Alberto Cabral that he
could
only stay on as manager if he accepted the incorporation of the
youngster in
the first team.

Cabral refused and was eventually fired and
replaced so that
Darragi could be given his chance to shine. He has since repaid the
faith put
in him by team officials and has seemingly only scratched the surface of
his
full potential.

Rami Ayari, Goal.com

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African Cup Of Nations Player Profile: Roguy Meye - Gabon


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Roguy Meye
Country: Gabon
Club:
Ankaragücü
Position: Striker
Age: 23

Roguy
Meye is a young talented player, but despite his age he has been
extremely important to the Gabon national team. The 23-year-old has been
a regular for the Azingo Nationale throughout the qualifiers and
preparation matches leading up to the African Cup of Nations.

At
club level he plays for Ankaragücü on loan from Ankaraspor in the
Turkish Super League. He used to play for Hungarian first division
outfit Zalaegerszegi TE, which he joined in July 2007 on a five-year
contract.

Meye hit the back of the net 17 times in 35 matches
during his last season in the Hungarian league. There after he completed
a transfer to Ankaraspor in the January 2009 transfer window and ten
months later the striker left on loan to Ankaragücü for a year.

The
youngster scored his first international goal in a 2-1 victory over
northern African side Morocco.

The 1.77 meters and 75 kg forward
is a powerful striker, strong physically with a great touch on the ball
up front. He has been described as someone who is fast and intuitive in
the penalty area, while his moves confuse his markers.

Meye’s
finishing is largely faultless and he is a star to watch at the upcoming
African Cup of Nations tournament in Angola.

Honours:
None

Did You Know?

This season he played in
two competitions - The Turkish Super League and the Hungarian league. He
played 14 games in the Hungarian league, while scoring seven goals. In
the Turkish Super League, he played in 12 matches and scored a single
goal.

Goal.com Africa