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Man Utd teenager and Arsenal hitman among potential international debutants

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Man Utd teenager and Arsenal hitman among potential international debutants With the regular league seasons over, attention now turns to the June internationals... yes, more football! As such, we pick out 10 players hoping to earn their first international cap this month, with stars from Manchester United, Newcastle, Chelsea and Arsenal all in line to make their internation...

World Cup play-offs preview: Senegal-Egypt and Nigeria-Ghana among 5 crucial clashes

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World Cup play-offs preview: Senegal-Egypt and Nigeria-Ghana among 5 crucial clashes We're at the all or nothing stage of World Cup qualifying for the CAF teams. 10 teams remain, but there are just five spots up for grabs as we head into the second leg games this week. Here, we preview the action ahead of Tuesday's massive set of matches.Senegal vs EgyptThe African heavyweights face...

Highly-rated full-back stars in AFCON best XI

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Highly-rated full-back stars in AFCON best XI Goalkeeper: Mohamed El-Shenawy (Egypt) - 7.41 ratingEgypt breezed through the group stages, progressing to the last-16 at a canter, before their knockout stage defeat to South Africa. It was a blow to the hosts, who had hoped to go all the way on home turf, but they still have three players in the A...

Algeria should be considered favourites for cagey AFCON final vs Senegal

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Algeria should be considered favourites for cagey AFCON final vs Senegal Tonight marks the conclusion of the last major international tournament of the summer as Senegal take on Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations final.It’s the former that entered the tournament among the favourites and remain - albeit very marginally - the bookies choice to land the trophy.Howev...

Senegal dominate AFCON semi-final best XI after Tunisia triumph

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Senegal dominate AFCON semi-final best XI after Tunisia triumph Goalkeeper: Alfred Gomis (Senegal) - 8.31 ratingThe first of six Senegal players to feature, goalkeeper Alfred Gomis comes away with the player of the round award after landing a WhoScored rating of 8.31 from their extra time 1-0 win over Tunisia. The 25-year-old made two saves in the narrow victory...

Mahrez and Mane miss out on AFCON semi-final combined XI

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Mahrez and Mane miss out on AFCON semi-final combined XI Now there are only four teams left in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt, we have worked out a combined XI considering only players that have made at least three appearances in the competition this summer. There is plenty of talent among the squads for Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia and N...

Tunisia well-represented in AFCON best XI after Madagascar victory

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Tunisia well-represented in AFCON best XI after Madagascar victory Goalkeeper: Rais M’bolhi (Algeria) - 7.63 ratingJonathan Kodjia became the first player to get the better of Rais M’bolhi at AFCON 2019, ending a run of 421 minutes without conceding, and it could have been more had the experienced goalkeeper not worked wonders between the sticks. Indeed...

Algeria lead the way in AFCON team of the round

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Algeria lead the way in AFCON team of the round Goalkeeper: Mouez Hassen (Tunisia) - 7.99 ratingTunisia sprung something of an upset in their progression to the next round of AFCON 2019 as they dumped heavyweights Ghana out of the competition on penalties at the last-16 stage. Mouez Hassen may not have played any part of the shootout, with head c...

Liverpool star duo feature in Senegal dominated AFCON XI

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Liverpool star duo feature in Senegal dominated AFCON XI With the Africa Cup of Nations kicking off in Egypt this Friday we take a look at the highest rated XI that have been selected for the tournament using our statistical ratings from Europe’s top five leagues last season.Goalkeeper: Edouard Mendy (Senegal) - 6.85While Sadio Mane will be in the s...