23 days to go! Cameroon gambles on Rigobert Song to take them past group stage for first time since Roger Milla and Co. made their way to quarterfinals in 1990

Cameroon's coach Rigobert Song Bahanag gives instructions from the side line during the friendly soccer match between South Korea and Cameroon at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Cameroon's big gamble for the World Cup was putting its campaign in the hands of one of its greatest players.

Rigobert Song, a highly respected former captain, was appointed coach in February despite a lack of managerial experience outside of Cameroon's youth structures. He faces the challenge of trying to take the Indomitable Lions past the group stage of a World Cup for the first time since Roger Milla and Co. made their way to the quarterfinals in 1990 and put African soccer on the map.