Indomitable Lions Attacked in Yaounde
What a shameful reaction from an ungrateful public. Stephane Mbia was attacked in Yaounde on June 26 as soon as they returned from the world cup. Someone recognised him and within seconds at the central town, street hawkers and idlers surrounded his car and trapped him inside for more than 30 minutes, hurling insults and threats at him before the forces of law and order could intervene. I am tempted to say, "No, not Mbia because he happened to be our best player at the world cup" but this too is very foolish reasoning. No player, even the worst, should be attacked back in country, they made their best efforts given the conditions they found themselves in. Then, some of them were nursing minor injuries and the coach could not dare unselect them because their replacements were not nearly good enough. We refuse to see that this time was weak from the onset, could not qualify on the pitch and worst of all, had very strong opponents. Yes, sometimes you can prepare well, do your