Complex sentence: However, he ended up on the bench as coach Paul Le Guen preferred Souleymanou Hamidou over him, as the national side were the first team to be eliminated from the tournament, eventually losing all three group games.
Split into simpler sentences: However, he ended up on the bench as coach Paul Le Guen preferred Souleymanou Hamidou over him. Cameroon were the first team to be eliminated from the tournament and lost all three of its group games.