Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s Francophone Games Team were defeated 5-0 by Cameroon in their opening match of the tournament in Niamey, Niger today.
“We were thoroughly beaten today by a very good Cameroon team,” said Head Coach Rudy Doliscat. “It seemed as though every mistake we made was punished but at the other end, we were unable to punish them when they faltered. In essence, that was the difference.”
“But there is a lot we can gain from this match. Although it’s true that many boys aren’t in season right now and yes, that has had an impact but at the same time, it’s important for our players to see the pace with which teams like Cameroon play at and know that this is the type of opponent you will come across internationally. That can only assist their development and growth as players.”
Ivory Coast defeated host Niger 3-1 in the other match of the group played earlier in the day.
For unknown reasons, both Lithuania and Congo both dropped out of the competition, thus allowing the third place finisher from Canada’s group to proceed to the next round. Doliscat will likely target Canada’s next match against Niger on Thursday (December 8) as the game to win and see Canada through to the next round.
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
5th Francophone Games
Stade Municipal de Niamey
Niamey, Niger
CANADA – 0 (0)
CAMEROON – 5 (2)
Goals: CANADA – none; CAMEROON – names unavailable (21’, 36’, 54’, 79’; 82’)
Cautions: CANADA – Loreth 25’, Mayard 65’, Seguin-Gauthier 86’; CAMEROON – none
Expulsions – none
Referee: unavailable
CANADA: 1-David Monsalve; 5-John Jonke (15-Nicolas Suter, 19); 17-Joey Loreth; 16-Gabriel Séguin-Gauthier; 4-Alex Braletic; 8-Cristian Nunez; 10-Dominic Oppong (9-Alex Elliot, 81); 13-Massimo Di Iaio; 7-Mike D’Agostino; 14-Kerr McLeod; 11-Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (3-Masumi Turnbull, 75)
Head Coach: Rudy Doliscat (CAN)
Subs not used: 12-Hector Contreras; 18-Derek Rios; 21-Kyle Bartkus; 22-Adam Cately
Games
December 8 @ 11:00 Local Time vs. Niger
Niamey, Niger
December 10 @ 14:00 Local Time vs. Ivory Coast
Niamey, Niger
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