Guinea Name 23 Players For World Cup Qualifier Against Cote d'Ivoire
Mamadi Souare has picked the 23 players that will have to win against Cote d'Ivoire next week, and his clubless brother is in it.
Newly appointed Guinea bational team manager Mamadi Souare has selected the 24 players to face continental heavyweights Cote d'Ivoire.
Guinea have to win if they want to make it to the next African Cup of Nations while the Elephants will be trying new players and could afford to lose.
But what has gotten the people to talk in Conakry is the presence of Souare's bother Ibrahima, currently without a club. If the Syli National doesn't make it, there could be more riots in a country that's already in turmoil and in a politically chaotic state. Here are the players:
Goalkeepers : Kemoko Camara (Cholet, France), Naby Yattara (Arles-Avignon, France)
Defenders : Dian Bobo Balde(Valenciennes, France), Kamil Zayatte (Hull City FC, England), Oumar Kalabane (Vestel Manisaspor, Turkey), Mamadou Diallo (Diyarbakirspor, Turkey), Ibrahima Camara (Le Mans, France), Morlaye Cissé (FC Mulhouse, France), Ibrahima Diallo (SC Charleroi, Belgium)
Midfielders : Alseny Camara (Châteauroux, France), Kanfory Sylla (Istanbul B.B, Turkey), Kevin Constant (Châteauroux, France), Mamadou Dioulde Bah (Strasbourg, France), Samuel Johnson (Talaea El Geish, Egypt), Pascal Feindouno (Al Rayyan Club, Qatar), Ibrahima Souaré (Without a Club), Naby Laye Soumah (Horoya, Guinea)
Strikers: Alhassane Keita (Majorque, Spain), Kaba Diawara (Arles-Avignon, France), Ibrahima Bangoura (Denizlispor, Turkey), Ismaël Bangoura (Stade Rennais FC, France), Fodé Mansaré (Toulouse FC, France), Souleymane Youla (Eskisehirspor, Turkey)
Massaër Ndiaye, Goal.com
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