International : Mandjeck wins the LG Cup

For their second game in the LG Cup on Sunday evening, Morocco and Cameroon drew in Marrakech (1-1). To decide the winner of this game, the teams played a penalty-shootouts session, won by the “Untamed Lions” (4-2).

In the Moroccan side, Youssouf Hadji was included in the starting line-up and played the whole game. The Rennes striker had only played ten minutes against Uganda on Friday night (0-1). During this game, Hadji created several opportunities for himself but eventually failed to score, the only Moroccan girl having been scored by Nordin Amrabat.
In the Cameroon team, Georges Mandjeck was left to watch the game from the bench. After the previous game against Sudan (3-1), the Rennais – playing at centre-back – had been hit with a lot of criticism, after he caused a penalty and committed several mistakes during the game. With a success against Sudan and the penalty-shootouts victory against Morocco, his team his winning this friendly cup however.
It is worth noting that the last friendly planned by Cameroon, this Tuesday in Algeria, could finally be cancelled. Financial issues seem to be the reason, and several players from the Cameroon team are reportedly refusing to play this game.

In France, another scheduled international game had to be cancelled The friendly between Senegal and Ivory Coast, which had been moved to Amiens, will not be played on Tuesday as expected. After a trip to South Africa, the Ivorian team was delayed by plane issues. Cheick N’Diaye will therefore be able to return to Rennes in the coming hours.

Finally, in Israel on Sunday afternoon, the French U20 national team has taken its revenge by beating Israel (0-1) with a goal scored by Lyon’s Belfodil. A success to make-up for the initial defeat on Thursday against the same Israeli team (1-2). As soon as he returns to France, Abdoulaye Diallo will also be able to return to the training grounds at La Piverdière.