Keeper at career best returns to Benfica: good to be back | OneFootball

Michaely Bihina has returned to Benfica after a hugely successful spell with the Cameroon national team. The Benfica footballer was named best goalkeeper of the Africa Cup of Nations, a competition she helped Cameroon win, and is already back working under Ivan Baptista.

Speaking to BTV, the Cameroon international did not hide her satisfaction with the individual award, which she sees as recognition for all the work done throughout the competition: "It is a great achievement. It is the result of a lot of work, a lot of sacrifice. It is a feeling of great pride. It was my first international competition with the national team and finishing as the best goalkeeper is a source of great pride and represents recognition of the work," she said.

The Benfica goalkeeper was one of the standout players in Cameroon’s victorious campaign and highlighted the intensity of the matches played in the competition. For Bihina, every save ended up carrying important weight in the confidence passed on to her teammates.

"They were very intense and decisive matches. The team always wants to have a good goalkeeper and every save gives confidence to the whole team. My job, first and foremost, is to make saves. So I did my job as a goalkeeper. It is always good to come home, to the best club in Portugal and one of the best in the world. I am very happy. I am back to keep working and help the team win titles this year," she stressed.

Her return was also marked by the satisfaction of the whole group. The goalkeeper revealed that she was welcomed back with open arms by her teammates after the African triumph. "I’m happy to see the whole squad again and the whole team was very happy when I returned," said Michaely Bihina.

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