Enyeama remains Africa’s best –Cameroon captain

In from Nifemi Daniel … .
Captain of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, Stephane Mbia, has described erstwhile Super Eagles captain as one of the best goalkeepers Africa ever produced.
Enyeama, who remains Nigeria’s most capped player with 101 caps spanning 13 years retired from international football after an altercation with coach Sunday Oliseh over the week.
Speaking in an interview, Mbia said, “I think Enyeama has his personal reasons for retiring but for me he is the best goalkeeper in African football history,”

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The Indomitable Lions on Sunday played against Nigeria as both teams used the match for preparations ahead of the forthcoming 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
Nigeria won the encounter 3-0.
Cameroon will play either Somalia or Niger in the first of several qualification matches in November and Mbia, who won the Europa League with Sevilla two seasons ago, is confident the team has all it takes to secure qualification to the 2018 showdown in Russia.
“We are working to build a new dynamic and powerful national team and our aim is to win game after game and play in Russia,” he said.

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