6 days after Cameroon – Namibia in Garoua, Roger Milla explodes: “I am very disappointed”

Cameroonian and African football legend Roger Milla has lost his temper. Six days after the match between the Indomitable Lions and the Braves Warriors of Namibia, the former striker vented his anger on Joseph-Antoine Bell, his former team-mate, now boss of ONIES, for his behaviour towards Samuel Eto'o Fils.

In Cameroon, there are several clans fighting for control of the national team. On one side, we have the Ministry of Sports, in collaboration with the head of ONIES, Joseph-Antoine Bell; on the other, Samuel Eto'o, head of FECAFOOT, who can count on the support of former players like Patrick Mboma and Roger Milla. Since the crisis opened between MINSEP and the Cameroon Football Federation concerning the arrival of Marc Brys and all that follows, Milla does not hesitate to go out in public to tell his truths.

Milla smashes Bell

A great admirer of Samuel Eto'o, the winner of the 1984 and 1986 CAN has once again broken his silence in recent hours. On the RSIa Cameroonian sports radio station, Roger Milla was not kind to his former partner at the Indomitable Lions, Joseph-Antoine Bell, who currently heads ONIES, the structure that manages infrastructure and everything that goes with it. While the latter stood up to the head of FECAFOOT by refusing to provide him with the Japoma stadiums in Douala and Adja Roumdé in Garoua, to satisfy the Ministry of Sports which wanted the match against the Namibians to be played in Yaoundé, Milla said he was disappointed.

According to the former striker with 36 goals in 102 caps with the Indomitable Lions (between 1973 and 1994), Joseph-Antoine Bell must stop putting spokes in the wheels of the current president of FECAFOOT. He should not prevent Samuel from doing his job. If he could not be president, he should not prevent the child from working. I am very disappointed in his behavior “, declared Roger Milla on RSI this Friday.

Further, the former Douala Leopards striker indicates having spoken with his former partner in the selection to make things easier for the Federation, in particular to stop its relentlessness towards Eto'o Fils. I talked to him, I thought he understood; why is he torturing his son so much, he must stop, I ask him to stop, why so much relentlessness? “, added the former legendary 9 of the Indomitable Lions.

The hard life of FECAFOOT

This is a new strong intervention that should please Samuel Eto'o. If the Prime Minister finally forced Bell to let the match against Namibia be played at the venue chosen by FECAFOOT and validated by CAF, it must be said that things were very difficult in Garoua. With a coach determined to go against the will of the Federation, the tension was at its peak since Marc Brys made the task difficult for Samuel Eto'o's collaborators by confiscating the keys to the locker rooms.

In any case, next month, hostilities will be back as the players will be present again to play the third and fourth days of the CAN 2025 qualifiers. And for this match, the choice of stadium will again be crucial. We wait to see if ONIES will again oppose Samuel Eto'o's choice or will simply comply, as Roger Milla wishes.