20th April, 2011
Cameroon kick-started their 2011 CAF Orange African Championship campaign with a 1-0 win against the young Scorpions of Gambia in a match played on Monday at the Dobsonville Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. In a chat with cafonline, Cameroon’s coach, Martin Ndtoungou Mpile, expressed happiness about the victory and vowed that his side will beat their group opponent, Nigeria, tomorrow
Congratulation coach for this victory over Gambia. What does this mean to you?
I am very happy to have won my first game of the tournament. To us, it was very important. My boys fought very hard before a very tough Gambian team, they gave their all and the result today (Monday) is very comforting. We can now concentrate to win our next game against Nigeria.
What are your goals coming into this tournament?
To seek for a qualification for the World Cup in Columbia. First, we have to qualify for the semi finals and it is important that we win our coming games to secure a place.
Your next game is against Nigeria who beat the defending champions, Ghana, are you afraid of the Flying Eagles?
This is a competition, why did we qualify if we are afraid of playing a certain team. We are not afraid of Nigeria; rather, they should fear us. We are to play and win and Nigeria should not be of any concern to us.