Cameroon's caretaker coach Jules Frederic Nyongha has recalled FC Barcelona forward Samuel Eto'o for this month's friendly in Japan.
Eto'o was on club duty when Cameroon played their last fixture in June, an African Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda.
Hamburg defender Timothe Atouba and Valladolid midfielder Daniel Ngom Kome were also brought back into the team Monday.
Defenders Bill Tchato, Justice Wamfor and Jean Bilayi Ateba and midfielders Armand Deumi, Alioum Saidou and Achille Emana were dropped for the August 22 game in Kyushu.
Squad:
Goalkeepers, Idriss Carlos Kameni (Espanyol), Souleymanou Hamidou (Denizlispor)
Defenders, Rigobert Song (Galatasaray), Timothe Atouba (Hamburg), Eric Matoukou (Racing Genk), Geremi (Newcastle United), Stephane Bikey (Reading)
Midfielders, Jean Makoun (Lille), Modeste Mbami (Olympique Marseille), Stephane Mbia (Stade Rennes), Daniel Ngom Kome (Valladolid), Guy Feutchine (St Gallen), Landry Nguemo (Nancy)
FK Makedonija Skopje came back from a 1-0 1st-leg deficit to oust Ethnikos Achnas FC, FC Dacia Chisinau overcame FK Baku in a dramatic penalty shoot out and KS Vllaznia shocked highly-fancied NK Zagreb as 10 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1st round games were decided on Saturday. To see a full list of competing clubs and fixtures, click here.
FK Makedonija Skopje 2-0 Ethnikos Achnas FC (agg, 2-1)
Makedonija will play PFC Cherno More Varna in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2nd round after recuperating from a 1st-leg deficit against Achnas thanks to 2 goals by Macedonian U21 international Aleksandar Stojanovski. The forward struck either side of half time to overhaul the Cypriot outfit's 1-0 1st-leg lead and set up a tie against Bulgarian opposition in the next round. Makedonija levelled aggregate terms after 13 minutes when Stojanovski drove in an angled shot from 15 metres and, even though the visitors twice came close to silencing the home crowd before the break through Christos Poyiatzis and Zoran Stjepanović, Stojanovski scored the deciding goal midway through the 2nd half, finishing off substitute Ismail Ismaili's cross from close range.
FC Dacia Chisinau 1-1 FK Baku (agg, 2-2, Dacia triumph 4-2 on penalties)
A repeat of the same score line as last weekend in Azerbaijan had taken this enthralling contest to extra time and then penalties, and the side from Moldova held their nerve in front of their delirious home fans to set up a testing 2nd round meeting with Swiss Super League side FC. St Gallen. Dacia had earlier taken the lead on the quarter hour mark when Valeriu Onila pounced to make it 2-1 on aggregate however Amiran Mujiri levelled on 71 minutes with a well-taken shot for the Azerbaijani visitors, who almost stole a winner a minute from time only to be denied by a spectacular Mihail Moraru save. After extra time produced no goals Baku missed 3 spot-kicks to allow Maxim Andronic, who scored an own goal last week, to claim hero status with the winning penalty.
KS Vllaznia 1-0 NK Zagreb (agg, 2-2, Vllaznia triumph on away goals)
Midfielder Arlind Norra will be grabbing all the headlines in Albania Sunday after scoring the goal that knocked their much-fancied Croatian opponents out of the Intertoto Cup on Saturday night. Norra struck on 26 minutes to level the tie on aggregate and, along with his team-mates, then set about testing Miroslav Blazević's side, who, inspite of boasting a string of international players, would not find a way past their obdurate hosts. Zagreb had placed good stock in a UEFA Cup run this season however instead it is Vllaznia, who lost 2-1 in Zagreb last week, who can now look forward to an exciting 2nd round meeting with Turkish giants Trabzonspor as a due to the away goals rule.
FC Zestaponi 2-0 FC Tobol Kostanay (agg, 2-3)
Inspite of a valiant 2 goal triumph in Georgia, Zestaponi fell only short of the 3 goals required to take this tie into extra time as their opponents from Kazakhstan won through on the strength of their 1st-leg success. The home side were always going to be up against it however a headed 3rd minute goal from a corner by centre back Ediki Sadjaia gave them early hope of a comeback. 8 minutes before half time and partisan optimism transformed into real belief as the hosts struck again when forward Gaga Chkhetiani connected with Gilvan Vieira's centre. After the interval Tobol defended in numbers and could have scored themselves on the break through Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev however Zestaponi came closest to scoring again and forcing extra time when Shalva Gongadze and then Chkhetiani fired wide. Tobol held on, though, to face FC Slovan Liberec of the Czech Republic in the next round.
OFK Grbalj 1-1 AFC Gloria 1922 Bistrita (agg, 2-3)
Gloria have won the right to meet Israeli club Maccabi Haifa FC in the next round after grinding out a 1-1 draw against Grbalj in Montenegro. The Romanian side had taken the lead 5 minutes before half time when Cristian Coroian scored from close range after a delightful pass on the counterattack from Cosmin Tilinca. However, the hosts drew level within 3 minutes when Milos Djalac headed Luka Pajović's pinpoint left wing cross past Anton Tatarusanu in a frenetic spell before the break which also saw Gloria forward Dorel Zaharia hit the post from the edge of area. The match remained delicately poised and in the 2nd half European debutants Grbalj were much the better side. Indeed the Montenegrin side could have levelled the tie on aggregate however for Tatarusanu, who made 2 brilliant reaction saves late on, 1stly from defender Goran Grujić's header and then Dragan Bosković's follow-up.
FK Maribor 2-1 Birkirkara FC (agg, 5-1)
The 1st half dismissal of Thomas Paris did little to help the cause of a Birkirkara side already 3-0 down from the 1st leg and once the Slovenian hosts had taken the lead early in the 2nd half the result was never really in doubt. Maribor were without Croatian midfielder Martin Pregelj, who had signed for NK Inteblock Ljubljana earlier in the day, however Dejan Mezga made light of his absence by scoring the opening goal 8 minutes into the 2nd period when he was 1st to the rebound from a Marko Popović shot repelled by Bernard Paris. To their credit the Maltese visitors pulled a goal back within 3 minutes when Roderick Briffa's lay off was thundered in from distance by Michael Galea. However, 12 minutes from time Matej Vracko completed the scoring following good work by Popović, to set up a 2nd round match with FK Hajduk Kula of Serbia.
FK Slavija Sarajevo 3-2 UE Sant Julia (agg, 6-4)
For the 2nd time in a week Slavija completed a 3-2 triumph against their Andorran opponents in a match which also followed exactly the same scoring pattern as last Saturday's encounter. The Bosnia-Herzegovnian club once again raced into a 2 goal lead, this time thanks to goals by Bojan Jamina on 21 minutes and Sretko Vuksanović midway through the 2nd half, before Sebastian Varela's header (70) and a penalty by Argentinian forward Alejandro Romero (85) brought the visitors back into contention. However, Vuksanović's 2nd goal of the match deep into added time dashed any last expects of Sant Julia taking the match into extra time and ensured that Slavija will now play FC Otelul Galati of Romania in the 2nd round.
Cork City FC 0-1 Valur Reykjavik (agg, 2-1)
Cork City fell behind to a 1st half goal at Turner's Cross however the side from the Republic of Ireland managed to hold out defiantly against their Icelandic opponents, whom they defeated 2-0 last weekend, to set up a 2nd round contest against Hammarby of Sweden. Helgi Sigurdsson struck for the visitors on 20 minutes after pouncing on a loose ball in the penalty area to reduce the aggregate deficit to one goal. However, all attempts to score the vital 2nd proved beyond the Urvalsdeild outfit, whose bad night was compounded when Sigurbjörn Hreidarsson was sent off for a late challenge on Liam Kearney with 2 minutes of the match remaining.
KÍ Klaksvik 1-2 Hammarby (agg, 1-3)
A penalty by Paulinho early in the 2nd half effectively finished Klaksvik's expectations of a recovery on home soil as their Swedish opponents in the end ran out comfortable winners over the 2 legs. Hammarby added to their solitary goal from last weekend's fixture when midfielder Haris Laitinen struck after 34 minutes and even though the hosts were back in the match soon afterwards thanks to defender Kaj Ennigard's effort (37) the Brazilian's spot-kick 10 minutes after half time put paid to any further expects of a Faroese comeback. The Allsvenskan club will meet Cork City FC of the Republic of Ireland in the 2nd round.
SK Slovan Bratislava 3-0 FC Differdange 03 (agg, 5-0)
The side from Slovakia added 3 more goals to the 2 they scored in Luxembourg last week to complete an uncomplicated 5-0 aggregate triumph against Differdange. Lubomir Meszaros's goal shortly before the half hour mark set the ball rolling before Miroslav Poliacek (56) and Jakub Sylvestr (78) rounded off the scoring. Slovan will expect to face a sterner test than that put up by the Division Nationale club in the 2nd round, though, with SK Rapid Wien of Austria standing between them and the chance of UEFA Cup football next season.
08 June 2007
Cameroon have spared Samuel Eto'o from their African Nations Cup qualifier in Rwanda on June 17 to allow the forward to concentrate on FC Barcelona's defence of the Spanish league title.
Eto'o, 3 times African Player of the Year, scored the winning goal in Cameroon's 2-1 triumph over Liberia on June 3 to keep the West African nation top of Group 5 with a maximum 12 points.
Cameroon will play Rwanda in the northern town of Garoua where a draw will be enough to secure their place in the finals in Ghana next year.
Caretaker coach Jules Nyongha has recalled Sedan forward Joseph Desire Job, Beerschot forward Justice Wamfor and midfielders Achille Emana of Toulouse and Alioum Saidou of Nantes.
Squad:
Goalkeepers, Idriss Carlos Kameni (Espanyol), Souleymanou Hamidou (Denizlispor)
Defenders, Rigobert Song (Galatasaray), Armand Deumi (FC Thun), Jean Bilayi Ateba (Chateauroux), Bill Tchato (Qatar SC), Eric Matoukou (Racing Genk), Geremi Njitap (Chelsea)
Midfielders, Jean Makoun (Lille), Modeste Mbami (Olympique Marseille), Stephane Mbia (Stade Rennes), Daniel Ngom Kome (Real Valladolid), Guy Feutchine (St Gallen), Achille Emana (Toulouse), Alioum Saidou (Nantes)
