The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon Go on Strike

The national football team of the Republic of Cameroon has gone on strike and has refused to travel for a friendly match against Algeria, saying they haven’t been paid the bonuses that have been promised to them by their national federation.

The Indomitable Lions said that they would not travel from Morocco to Algiers for The  match in the LG Cup Africa tournament due to the fact that their federation had not satisfied “the minimum requirements with respect to the players”.

The Algeria Football Federation is obviously distressed at the circumstances that led to the Cameroon player’s refusal to travel from Morocco to Algiers.

Denis Lavagne’s side had defeated the Lions of the Atlas on penalties to advance in the LG Cup Africa tournament over the weekend, and was due in Algeria for their Tuesday night match.

The story coming out of the camp according to the Cameroon news media is that the players have not been paid appearance money that was promised to them by their national federation.

The Algerian football federation was obviously forced to call off the match but not before defining the situation as “unacceptable and anti-sporting.”

Cameroon News – Presidency Looks into Strike

The presidency in Cameroon is all set to launch its own investigation into the pay dispute led to the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon having to cancel a friendly football match against Algeria.

Samuel Eto’o and Eyong Enoh had been due to appear before a Cameroon football federation disciplinary committee about a week ago to answer for their parts in the issue.

But plans to send a four-man delegation, together with former national team goalkeeper Joseph Antoine Bell, to Algeria to make an apology to the country’s football authorities and sports ministry have fallen through due to visa issues.