Alex Song is on the bench for Cameroon's World Cup opener against Japan.
Cameroon coach Paul Le Guen also went with Hamidou Souleymanou in goal Monday instead of Carlos Kameni.
Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o leads the Cameroon attack, along with Achille Webo.
There were no surprises in the Japan lineup, with Keisuke Honda and Yoshito Okubo leading the attack and captain Makoto Hasebe anchoring the midfield.
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Lineups:
Japan: Eiji Kawashima, Yuki Abe, Yuichi Komano, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Yuto Nagatomo, Yusuhito Endo, Daisuke Matsui, Yoshito Okubo, Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda, Yuji Nakazawa.
Cameroon: Hamidou Souleymanou, Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Nicolas Nkoulou, Sebastien Bassong, Samuel Eto'o, Jean Makoun, Eric Choupo-Moting, Achille Webo, Eyong Enoh, Stephane Mbia, Joel Matip.
