Second best XI of players missing from AFCON 2025 🫥

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“One single person is missing, and everything is depopulated.”

For reasons sometimes beyond their control, several major figures in African football will miss the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations.

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After a first XI led by Guirassy, Partey, and PƩpƩ, this second dream team is by no means a consolation prize.

From Hakim Ziyech to Victor Boniface, including Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting: this XI clearly looks like a CAN semi-finalist.

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🚨 Update 11:30am: Himed Abdelli (Algeria) has finally been called up to replace Houssem Aouar, who has withdrawn.

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The first XI of absentees from CAN 2025

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in šŸ‡«šŸ‡· here.

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