The TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon has drawn its group stage to a conclusion and the best eleven for this phase have been drafted.
Nigeria who are the best performers in this stage are represented by two players, Egypt and Morocco have two with host Nation Cameroon having a representative.
Egypt El Shennawy is the best goalkeeper of the group stage with the back four of Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Nigeria’s William-Troost Ekong, Egypt’s Hegazy and Ivory Coast Konan.
The three-man midfield is made up of Mali and Brighton midfielder Bissouma as the anchorman, flanked by Naby Keita of Guinea and Barrow of Gambia.
In the attack is top scorer Vincent Abubakar who has scored five goals in the group phase as the point man, flanked by Nigeria’s man of the moment Moses Simon and Morocco Sofiane Boufal.
The reserves of this squad is made up of Andre Onana of Cameroon, Iban Salvador of Equatorial Guinea, Ali Maaloul of Tunisia, Abdou Diallo of Senegal, Wilfred Ndidi of Nigeria, Massadio Haidara of Mali, Karl Toko of Cameroon, Kanga of Gabon, Amadou Diawara of Guinea, Mohammed Salah of Egypt and Sadio Mane of Senegal.
The last two on the substitute list of Mane and Salah are significant exclusions from the best XI and their performances so far in the group stages have been limited and doesn’t deserve a place in the best XI.
They hope to improve as they spearhead their country’s attack as knockout stages approaches.
