Joël Matip misses Equatorial Guinea 2014 due to injury

According to sources, the Cameroonian Defender, Joël Matip has suffered a fracture on the right foot and must undergo an operation.

Cameroon and Schalke 04 will have to do without the services of the Defender Joël Matip until 2015. This was revealed by an official website of the German club.

The central defender who has had a very unstable season from the start sustained an injury last Saturday against Wolsfburg (3-2) in a match of the 12th day of Bundesliga.

The Germano-Cameroonian who stayed in the camp of the Indomitable Lions after the Brazil 2014 world, is unlikely to make it to the Africa Cup of Nations, Guinea Equatorial 2015, scheduled from January 17 to February 08, 2015.

The young 23-year-old Defender had previously decided to withdraw from the selection for personal reasons, which excluded him in the campaign of the playoffs played from September to November 2014.