Cameroon football legend, Albert Roger Milla has seen his
fight against the Cameroon football federation president Iya Mohamed and
the coach of the Indomitable Lions Denis Lavagne frustrated.
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| Milla © Action Image |
The erstwhile honorary president led a campaign for the ousting of Iya
Mohamed from the federation and the dissolution of the entire FA
executive. His critical stance against the management of the Cameroon
football body and especially its president earned him his firing as
honorary president. Instead, the general assembly of Fecafoot pledged
more support for Iya and also praised his management of the FA since he
took over in 1998.
Milla, alongside the committee for the redress of football in the
country, an organisation he champions, had also been demanding the sack
of Denis Lavagne. His campaign almost came to fruition when the Prime
minister asked Fecafoot to clarify on the appointment of Lavagne. There
were equally moves to seek a local coach to replace Lavagne.
In a recent interview following the sack of Milla from Fecafoot, Lavagne
said while Milla was campaigning for his sack from the national team,
it is he (Milla) that ended up with a sack from Fecafoot.
With the confirmation of Denis Lavagne as the Indomitable Lions coach
with a one-year contract, Milla is seen to have to another battle. A
private meeting between Milla and Claude Le Roy, former Indomitable
Lions coach who led DR Congo for a World Cup qualifying match in
Yaounde, was rumoured to be a ploy by Milla to sell out the Lions'
secrets to Claude Le Roy and thus sabotage Lavagne.
Mila nonetheless reacted angrily to this, denying any intention to
betray the national team. "It is unfortunate for people to think that
way. Is it wrong to have a meeting with my former coach?" he questioned.
While the roving ambassador is seen to have failed in his campaigns,
Milla is still pleased that players and clubs presidents are heeding his
call to boycott the second round of the professional league till
conditions to resume -Super sport.com
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