Eto’o’s Cameroon set for Tunisia clash

Samuel Eto'o

Cameroon have been boosted by the return of influential striker Samuel Eto’o for their 2014 World Cup final round qualifier first leg encounter against Tunisia in Rades on Sunday.

The new Chelsea striker announced his retirement from football after helping the Indomitable Lions qualify for the final round of qualification last month.

But after meeting up with government officials, the forward went back on his decision and is ready to lead Cameroon to next year’s World Cup.

The Indomitable Lions have underachieved to say the least in recent years despite reaching this stage in the competition and it is fair to say that if Eto’o were to have been ruled out, it would have been another huge blow to their chances.

Eto’o joined up with the rest of his teammates at a training camp in France as Cameroon geared up for arguably their biggest game since the 2010 World Cup.

Stephane Mbia and Cedric Raoul Loe, though, who are both based in Spain, have been ruled out of the clash against the Carthage Eagles. Mbia, who is on-loan at Sevilla from Queens Park Rangers, picked up a toe injury in a La Liga encounter.

Also out is Bordeux’s Landry Nguemo after a very light cardiac scare in his team’s Europa League clash against Maccabi Tel-Aviv.