Group E – Cameroon’s Group Review

Group E of the 2010 World Cup should be challenging as the Europeans are doubled up with the Netherlands and Denmark in the same group. Cameroon has the most experience out of any African team and comes to the world stage for the sixth time. Japan rounds out the group and remarkably was the first team to qualify for South Africa.

The favorites out of this group are the Netherlands and Cameroon with Japan and Denmark working from the underdog position. The Netherlands won all eight of their games in the preliminary stages and Cameroon, often referred to as the Indomitable Lions, are the African powerhouse.

Denmark struggled in 2006 and missed the UEFA Euro 2008, so they’re looking to perform a littler better this time around. Japan appears in the World Cup group stage for the fourth time and has won three of the last five AFC Asian Cups. Japan was eliminated in 2006 after the group stage but hopes Shunsuke Nakamura and Keisuke Honda can take the team the distance this year.

Group E – Betting

Bet365.com offers odds bets on the first Cameroon game of the World Cup against Japan with Cameroon at +110. Japan is offered at +250 with the draw being offered at +230. Ladbrokes offers 4/1 odds that Cameroon will win Group E and bets can be placed at sports.ladbrokes.com.

If you’re unfamiliar with sports betting, there are multiple sites to choose from. U.S. players can use sites such as Bodog, BetUS and others while European players can use Bet365 or Ladbrokes. Each site offers detailed explanations of how odds or moneylines work and how to actually place your bets. Please refer to any of the above mentioned sites for more detailed information.

Cameroon – Beyond the Group

Cameroon has the advantage of playing in South Africa and have a star with Eto’0 scoring 9 goals in the preliminaries. The Cameroon team also relies on Webo, Makoun, Mbie, Song, Geremi Njitap and Kameni to carry their weight and help push this dominant African team to the final stages of the tournament.

Landbrokes offers betting options for who you think will win the whole tournament and also which player you think will score the most goals in the 2010 World Cup. Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o odds for scoring the most goals is offered at 33/1 at Landbrokes and it is 66/1 that Cameroon will win the World Cup.

Cameroon – Preliminary Results:

05/31/08 – Cameroon – 2:0 – Cape Verde Islands
06/08/08 – Mauritius – 0:3 – Cameroon
06/14/08 – Tanzania – 0:0 – Cameroon
06/21/08 – Cameroon – 2:1 – Tanzania
09/06/08 – Cape Verde Islands – 1:2 – Cameroon
10/11/08 – Cameroon – 5:0 – Mauritius
03/28/09 – Togo – 1:0 – Cameroon
06/07/09 – Cameroon – 0:0 – Morocco
09/05/09 – Gabon – 0:2 – Cameroon
09/09/09 – Cameroon – 2:1 – Gabon
10/10/09 – Cameroon – 3:0 – Togo
11/14/09 – Morocco – 0:2 – Cameroon

The Cameroon Coaching and History

Cameroon is coached by a Frenchman, a 45-year-old by the name of Paul Le Guen. Le Guen took over for Otto Pfister and put the African player of the year, Samuel Eto’o, as the Captain. The Cameroon team has played in more World Cup matches than any other African team and holds an African record in qualifying for the world cup 5 of the last 6 times.

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