2017 African Cup of Nations, Gabon

[Power Man]

I like Leekens' final 23 tbh.

The only negative is the inclusion of Cadamuro but overall good stuff

Feghouli and Medjani had to be dropped

 

[Savant]

I really hope Senegal is eliminated early.

 

[Corto]

Where can i find the official rosters?
Can't find the coach picks for each side anywhere...

 

[Savant]

Where can i find the official rosters?
Can't find the coach picks for each side anywhere...

Wikipedia

 

[Power Man]

Les 23 Ivoiriens:

Gardiens: Sylvain Gbohouo (Mazembe/COD), Mande Sayouba (Stabaek/NOR), Ali Badra Sangaré (Tanda/CIV).

Défenseurs: Eric Bailly (Manchester United/ENG), Serge Aurier (Paris SG/FRA), Simon Deli (Slavia Prague/CZE), Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba (Adanaspor/TUR), Wilfried Kanon (La Haye/NED), Lamine Koné (Sunderland/ENG), Adama Traoré (Bâle/SUI), Bagayoko Mamadou (St-Trond/BEL).

Milieux: Geoffrey Serey Dié (Bâle/SUI), Victorien Angban(Grenade/ESP), Cheick Doukouré (Metz/FRA), Franck Kessié (Bergame/ITA), Yao Serge N'Guessan (Nancy/FRA), Jean-Michaël Séri (Nice/FRA).

Attaquants: Wilfried Bony (Stoke City/ENG), Max-Alain Gradel (Bournemouth/ENG), Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa/ENG), Giovanni Sio (Rennes/FRA), Salomon Kalou (Hertha Berlin/GER), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace/ENG).

AFP

 

[gary69]

Les 23 Ivoiriens:

Gardiens: Sylvain Gbohouo (Mazembe/COD), Mande Sayouba (Stabaek/NOR), Ali Badra Sangaré (Tanda/CIV).

AFP

Can't say that I know anything about their keepers, but are they generally considered to be good enough to win the tournament? I'd guess a Norway league keeper would be above average for the tournament standard, but then again he has only four caps.

Looking at other countries' squads, there really aren't many well-known keepers, maybe Algeria's M'Bolhi the most recognisable of the bunch.

Perhaps the Gabon keepers are close to the best ones in the tournamant as well.

 

[kabidjan18]

Gbohouo is pretty good, Mande is about as good. Badra is local league crap but the local fans love him because he's a local leaguer.

I like the roster. I hate having N'Guessan but we did need to drop Viera. Coach is still too conservative and we hate him for that but we're still pretty good, I think we'll win.

 

[Power Man]

Holy **** our D got so much better when Bensebaini came in at HT for Belkaraoui of ****

Looks like we also found our RB in Belkhiter

Bounedjah was good too

 

[kabidjan18]

Holy **** our D got so much better when Bensebaini came in at HT for Belkaraoui of ****

Looks like we also found our RB in Belkhiter

Bounedjah was good too

Haha, best of luck, but I definitely would not get too excited. It was Mauritania, they didn't have their best player either (only European pro).

But yes, Bensebaini makes much more sense.

 

[Power Man]

Haha, best of luck, but I definitely would not get too excited. It was Mauritania, they didn't have their best player either (only European pro).

But yes, Bensebaini makes much more sense.

Oh I know It was not a big opponent

It was just a friendly and an opportunity to start/play other players.

 

[vsk92]

Finland beat Morocco today 1:0 in a friendly, our first win in 491 days

Not impressed by Morocco even though they had some players missing I think. Pretty average team.

 

[kabidjan18]

Well Cote D'Ivoire beat up on Uganda 3-0 today. Would've been worse if we'd gotten a few good bounces or felt like jogging after the 75th minute. Not everything's perfect but the product is coming together overall and game 1 is against Togo so things should have time to iron themselves out.

 

[Power Man]

You know who opens the score for Gabon

 

[Power Man]

Well deserved for GNB

 

[HajdukSplit]

Gonna watch the replay now on BeIN but read Gabon were poor overall and Guinea-Bissau deserved a point

edit: Kit-wise its Sweden (Gabon) vs. Portugal (Guinea-Bissau), very identical kits to those

 

[Power Man]

Cameroon's kit is dope

 

[Milos Krasic]

Moukandjo free kick has Cameroon in the lead

 

[kabidjan18]

Biyogo Poko sits, Evouna plays DM, Tanjigorda plays at all, Manga plays LB, I seriously need some of what Gabon's coach is on. I feel like the lineup with Gabon should be obvious but they always try to be creative enough to lose.

In any case, having Bouanga will really help especially with complimenting Aubameyang.

 

[Power Man]

Algeria Zimbabwe tomorrow

Bensebaini might miss this one due to a light injury (but nothing to worry about )

 

[East Coast Bias]

 

[Power Man]

Except it's not from AFCON 2017

 

[Power Man]

That's what happens when you win friendlies vs **** teams...you believe in your own hype ... algerian FA afraid to lose friendlies SMH...

 

[Power Man]

How did we score only 1 goal in the 2nd half?

 

[ProPAIN]

Three draws so far at the AFCON...

 

[Power Man]

Three draws so far at the AFCON...

Yes but so far it has been entertaining tbh