Joseph Brain deplores the heaviness of Cameroon after Nigeria's semi-final defeat

Joseph Brain lamented Cameroon's squandering in front of goal after a 4-2 defeat on penalties in Nigeria prevented them from reaching their third African Cup of Nations finals. # 39; row.

The Central Africans did not take advantage of their domination against the holders, because they could not mark the goals of Enganamouit Gaelle, Ajara Nchout and Onguene Gabriella in 120 minutes.

Despite the defeat, the gaffer insists that his team recovers in time and defeated Mali to qualify for the finals of the World Cup in France.

"I spoke of revenge before the match, and everyone saw that we were doing our best," Brain told the press.

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"We did everything we could during the match, but the penalties were decided, we had 120 minutes to play and we did not take our chances when we had them.

"We are still going to a third World Cup qualifier match" [against Mali] but my players are sad and they cry over defeat all night long.

"I will probably cry with them and after that we have to play again."