Paul Le Guen is striving to keep his Cameroon team focused on the
massive job in hand as they bid to keep their Africa Cup of Nations
hopes alive against Zambia on Sunday.
The Indomitable Lions cannot afford another slip-up in
Lubango following their humiliating 1-0 loss to Gabon in their
opening Group D encounter earlier this week.
It was undoubtedly the shock of the first round so far and
another poor result could leave Africa's number one-ranked team
facing an early exit.
"We remain focused for the remaining games," the French coach
said ahead of the game. "The players are calm, they've trained well
and we intend to approach the game against Zambia with all the
seriousness it deserves.
"We hope to have more success than in the first match when we
did not deserve losing because we dominated a greater part of the
game."
Speaking after the loss in the opening game Le Guen admitted
he was "stunned" and star striker Samuel Eto'o has echoed similar
sentiments in the build-up against the southern Africans.
Le Guen added: "We were quite surprised. But it's one of
those things in football and we just have to put it behind us. It's
now simple, we must win our next two games to qualify."
Despite being wary of the Cameroonians, Herve Renard was
certain his Zambian players could hold their own.
The Chipolopolo boss was disappointed after watching the team
throw away a 1-0 lead in the opening match against Tunisia to
eventually draw 1-1.
He said: "I am happy the players played well, but I am also
unhappy with the result. I think we deserved to win.
"We will now have to pick up against the Lions. They will be
wounded after losing, so we must be careful.
"But I think the game on Sunday is going to be tough because
we are also ready."
