Cameroon coach Paul Le Guen claims it is "no coincidence" African teams have fallen flat in South Africa - but refused to elaborate on why they have let their continent down.

Le Guen's side face Holland tomorrow having already crashed out of the World Cup, joining hosts South Africa, Nigeria and Algeria in making early exits. The Ivory Coast are also all but mathematically out with one game to play.

Cameroon slipped to poor defeats at the hands of Japan and Denmark to render Thursday's match at Cape Town's Green Point Stadium immaterial, for which Le Guen has taken the blame.

However, he was cryptic when asked why African sides have failed to rise to the occasion of the first World Cup to be held on their soil.

"There's not necessarily any logic to this but it's not a coincidence," said the Frenchman, who has maintained his silence on reports linking him with Australia.

"You can explain why African teams are performing so badly. I'm not going to be able to explain it at length but there is a certain logic behind it, it's certainly not a coincidence."

Holland coach Bert van Marwijk will give Arjen Robben every chance to prove his fitness as the winger strives to make his World Cup 2010 bow.

The Bayern Munich man has yet to feature in South Africa as he recovers from a hamstring problem.

Even without him, the Oranje produced wins against Denmark and Japan to wrap up a last-16 place.

Barring defeat against eliminated Cameroon combined with a big win for Japan against Denmark, Van Marwijk's side are sure of top spot in Group E.

Thursday's dead rubber would therefore be a good chance for Robben to get some match time under his belt, but Van Marwijk admits the player may still be left on the sidelines even though he trained on Wednesday night.

"With Arjen we waited until tonight's training and we'll see how he responds," Van Marwijk said. "If he looks well tomorrow he will be in the selection for the match."