In Winfried Schafer, Cameroon are convinced they have finally found the right man to guide them to success at the World Cup.
After hiring and firing three coaches during qualification for the finals, the German was called in to bring some much-needed stability to the ship ahead of a busy 2002 for the Indomitable Lions.
First there was the business of attempting to defend the African Nations title won in 2000 with success in Mali at the beginning of this year.
Then, of course, the big one - the World Cup.
Former Borussia Monchengladbach defender Schafer was the man chosen for the task.
Cameroon football's governing body, Fecafoot, offered him a one-year contract last September.
He accepted straight away, but did not take charge of his first match - a goalless draw in a friendly away to Poland - until mid-November.
To take up the post, Schafer left German club Tennis Borussia Berlin where he had been coach since 1999.
And, it was perhaps no surprise when at December's World Cup draw, football fate decreed that Schafer must prepare his new side to take on his home nation.
After negotiating Group E tmatches with the Republic of Ireland and Saudi Arabia, Cameroon head into what could be a crunch second round decider with three-time World Champions Germany.
Having also coached at Borussia Mönchengladbach, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, Schafer knows plenty about how Germany will intend to play.