Cameroon FA probes Croatia fix allegations
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CAMEROON football chiefs said they are determined to root out the seven players they termed as “bad apples” implicated in an alleged match-fixing scandal over the team’s World Cup group game with Croatia.
“Recent allegations of fraud around Cameroon’s 2014 FIFA World Cup three preliminary games, especially Cameroon versus Croatia, as well of the ‘existence of seven bad apples (in our national team)’ do not reflect the values and principles promoted by our administration, in line with Fifa’s code of conduct and the ethics of our nation,” the federation, Fecafoot, said in a statement on its website.
“We are strongly committed to employ all means necessary to resolve this disruptive matter in the shortest delays.”
The launching of the probe by the Ethics Committee followed a report in Germany in which a Singaporean fixer correctly forecast that Croatia would win 4-0 and that a player would be sent off in the first-half.
Barcelona star Alex Song was dismissed for a bizarre elbow assault to the back of Mario Mandzukic in the 40th minute.
Later in the match, left back Benoit Assou-Ekotto aimed a headbutt at teammate Benjamin Moukandjo leading the ‘Indomitable Lions’ veteran German coach Volker Finke to label their behavior as unacceptable.
Football’s governing body FIFA said it could not comment on an ongoing investigation.
Cameroon had a disastrous World Cup, conceding nine goals and scoring just one in its three games.
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