Jean Hugues Eyango Priso, striker for Colombe Sportive du Dja et Lobo, is meeting the full Indomitable Lions squad in Douala. Cameroon host Namibia on Thursday 12 November in the CAN 2027 qualifiers.
All 28 players called up by head coach David Pagou are now in Douala. The last eleven internationals joined the Krystal Palace Hotel on the evening of Monday 9 November, completing a group that already included seventeen members, according to Lebledparle. A first training session was held that same evening on the Japoma training pitch.
Among the late arrivals are captain Bryan Mbeumo, Arthur Avom, Oliver Kamdem, Ivan Cédric Bikoue, Lilian Njoh, Mahamadou Nagida and Saidou Alioum Moubarak. But one of the main attractions of this camp remains the first call-up of Jean Hugues Eyango Priso, who is meeting the full Indomitable Lions squad.
A first in the den
For Jean Hugues Eyango Priso, the moment is special. “You know, it’s a pleasure to be here in this den. Every Cameroonian dreams of being in this den,” the striker told Footazimuts. He is savouring his first call-up.
“I was really moved. Because it was a feeling of joy, of work accomplished,” he added, again according to Footazimuts. He also set out his goal: “My first objective is not to come out of here.”
A brace in the Champions League
Eyango Priso made his mark in the CAF Champions League by scoring a brace over the two legs against Teungueth FC, Footazimuts reports. He is one of the two local surprises of the camp, along with Édouard Sombang.
Namibia in their sights
This camp comes ahead of matchdays 3 and 4 of the CAN 2027 qualifiers. Cameroon host Namibia on Thursday 12 November in Douala, then travel on Monday 16 November.
For these fixtures, David Pagou will however have to do without Carlos Baleba, who is injured, and without Mahamadou Nagida, suspended after two yellow cards against the Comoros and Congo, according to Africasoccer.