Cameroon's head coach, Rigobert Song, was captured on camera debating the choice to leave Inter Milan goalkeeper Andre Onana out of the World Cup roster.
In a leaked video, Song was seen describing how Onana cried and ignored him before being expelled from the World Cup training camp.
There are reports that during their time in Qatar, Song and Onana got into a "blazing argument" because they each had a different goalkeeping philosophy. Onana, his No. 1 keeper, reportedly angered The Song by taking too many chances with his feet.
“I told Onana I needed to talk to him the day of the Serbia game, and he started crying,” Song stated in the video.
“I told him, ‘I don’t have time to discuss these issues. I called you yesterday, and you didn’t talk to me. I had chats with Aboubakar, Choupo-Moting and Anguissa, who are the most representative players in the team; why shouldn’t I talk to you?’
“Onana puts on a show in training but takes too many risks during games. I told him repeatedly, ‘You should take no risks. Pass the ball wide, not in the middle’.
“He told me, ‘I am playing; I don’t have time to talk to you’. When he was at the hotel, he didn’t talk to me but went to President Samuel [Eto’o], and he sent him I don’t know where.”
Song later explained that his choice to have him return home was for the good of the squad, considering that his honour in Cameroon had been damaged.