Kevin Nkoudou, one of Cameroon’s midfielders who lost 1-0 to Switzerland in their first match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar, said that they were disappointed but their hopes were not over.
Nkoudou answered the questions of the AA reporter after the match played at Al Janoub Stadium.
Stating that they played good football in the first half of the match, the Cameroonian player said, “It is a big disappointment for us, we deserved more. We played very well in the first half. It’s an indication of that. It was a good match, the only missing goal for us. Switzerland is an important opponent, it was a difficult match, but we could have scored.” said.
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Underlining that he believes Cameroon, which will face Brazil and Serbia in Group G, will leave the group, Nkoudou said:
We have two more challenging matches ahead of us. We will now consider these two games. Of course, we believe that we will come out of the group. If you don’t believe, you can’t play football anyway. If you don’t have a dream, you can’t play football. If you believe, anything can happen in football. We have seen examples of this in this cup as well. If we stand together, stay focused, we can get what we want. Good teams succeed.
The Cameroonian player, who was included in the game in the second half of the match, stated that individual performances are not important and said, “We were defeated, individual performance is also important after the team is defeated. If the team wins, you win, if the team loses, you lose too. For this reason, it is not worth mentioning the performance of me or another player. unnecessary.” used the phrases.