"We did not deserve such a World Cup", Winnie Schafer (13.06.2002)
After the elimination of Cameroon from the world Cup, head coach Winnie Schafer thinks his team did not deserve it
what was the desicive moment for you in that game?
The major moment was when Olembe missed the chance early in the game and Eto`o was fouled by Carstern Jancker. I would have preferred that Jancker stayed on and Eto`o scored.
It appeared you had a more difficult time against ten germans than a full squad?
I pointed out that to my players at half time and asked them to pass throw the wings, while watching out the one player left at the german attack. Cameroon succeeded against ten players in the olympic games, but those are things which happen once in a
while.
Looking back at the game, what do you think you would have changed to succeed?
I don`t think I would have done anything different in this game. but I would have tried to arrive Japan early for the first game against Ireland. We would have won that game. My boys deserved it. They prepared for this in the past four years. It was a pity that we did not win that game because of share lack of acclimatisation.
What did you tell you players at end of the game?
I thanked my players. I thought they had a great World Cup. They did not deserved to go out this way. I did not want the last match to be a decider. But it happened and I advised them to keep thier heads up and don`t get drowed.
