Cameroon head coach Paul Le Guen has admitted he will head home with regrets after exiting the World Cup.
Cameroon boss saddened by early exit
Cameroon head coach Paul Le Guen has admitted he will head home with regrets after becoming the first nation to exit the World Cup.
After beginning their Group E campaign with a shock 1-0 defeat to Japan they lost their second outing on Saturday 2-1 to Denmark.
A second successive defeat means they are unable to qualify for the second round, although Le Guen has refused to resign following their exit.
Although Le Guen admits Cameroon's summer has been a failure they should take heart from the fact that they qualified for the prestigious tournament.
"One has to do one's job," he said. "I try to do things with commitment and I hope people respect the way I do things.
Failure
"I've been happy even though things have been difficult, I recognise that we've had a failure here at the World Cup but I've sought to do my best for the team.
"I think the team have shown a great deal of spirit but, as we are eliminated, I'm not particularly consoled in knowing that."
Le Guen insists he has no regrets about the tactics he used for Cameroon's opening fixture against Japan, a match they lost 1-0, but did concede he would have regrets about other aspects.
"I don't have any regrets (about tactics against Japan), that's not how I operate. I try to work for the best for the Cameroon national team. Either you trust me or you don't, that's the way it is," he said.
However, he did say: "I will certainly return home with regrets with regards to this evening (against Denmark), and will go home with regrets because we lost to Japan without playing particularly well.
"I have regrets for both matches, but of a different kind. I think they are legitimate regrets however. We were pretty close but we didn't get there in the end."
