Fiery Lions will find it hard to keep their cool

AS the game nears, there is a growing discomfort. And when the teams stand to anthem attention, the television images won’t ease the mind. The camera won’t lie as it relays the stature of the Cameroon team.

In Raymond Kalla Knogo and Rigobert Song, they have probably the biggest, most physical central defence - although not a conventional centre-half partnership as it sits in a 3-5-2 formation - of the World Cup. Get close to these men and you comprehend how large they are. Together they represent over 12ft and 30st of finely-toned muscle and sinew.