AFCON 2021: Zaha, Bailly, and Pepe included in Ivory Coast squad
Ivory Coast have included Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha, Manchester United defender Eric Bailly, and Arsenal striker Nicolas Pepe in their squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.
center-back
Willy Boly,
Burnley’s
Maxwel Cornet, and
Jean Micheal Seri
of Championship side
Fulhamhave also made the cut.
Manager
Patrice Beaumelle
has included
Zahadespite uncertainty over his international future when the Palace winger was not called for November’s World Cup qualifiers.
youngster
Amad Diallohas not been selected in the team, with a lack of game time this season due to injuries.
Ivory Coast kick off their AFCON against
Equatorial Guinea
on January 12, followed by games against
Sierra Leone
and
Algeria
.
Goalkeepers
: Sylvain Gbohouo (Wolkite Ketema, Ethiopia), Badra Ali Sangare (JDR Stars, South Africa), Abdoul Karim Cisse (Asec Mimosas, Ivory Coast), Ira Eliezer Tape (San Pedro, Ivory Coast).
Defenders
: Serge Aurier (Villarreal, Spain), Eric Bailly (Manchester United, England), Willy Boly (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Wilfried Kanon (Pyramids, Egypt), Odilon Kossounou (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Simon Deli (Adana Demirspor, Turkey), Ghislain Konan (Reims, France).
Midfielders
: Habib Maiga (Metz, France), Maxwel Cornet (Burnley, England), Serey Die (Sion, Switzerland), Ibrahim Sangare (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Lazio, Italy), Franck Kessie (AC Milan, Italy), HamedTraore and Jeremie Boga (both Sassuolo, Italy), Max Gradel (Sivasspor, Turkey), Jean Michael Seri (Fulham, England).
Forwards
: Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace, England), Jean Evrard Kouassi (Trabzonspor, Turkey), Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal, England), Sebastien Haller (Ajax, Netherlands), Christian Kouame (Anderlecht, Belgium), Yohan Boli (Al-Rayyan, Qatar), Karim Konate (Asec Mimosas, Ivory Coast).
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