{"id":878894,"date":"2025-12-19T23:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T05:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/second-best-xi-of-players-missing-from-afcon-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:15:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T05:15:03","slug":"second-best-xi-of-players-missing-from-afcon-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/19\/second-best-xi-of-players-missing-from-afcon-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Second best XI of players missing from AFCON 2025 &#x1fae5;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;One single person is missing, and everything is depopulated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For reasons sometimes beyond their control, several major figures in African football will miss the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"sda-body\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div id=\"sda-bodysda\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/de\/news\/le-premier-xi-type-des-absents-de-la-can-2025-42075014\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a first XI led by Guirassy, Partey, and P\u00e9p\u00e9;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">a first XI led by Guirassy, Partey, and P\u00e9p\u00e9<\/a>, this second dream team is by no means a consolation prize.<\/p>\n<p>From Hakim Ziyech to Victor Boniface, including Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting: this XI clearly looks like a CAN semi-finalist.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p><img title=\"Football\" alt=\"Football\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"866\" height=\"1184\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/u_9bRFkXA3CiWZCOugJtJg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEzMTM7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/onefootball_articles_802\/0d57f66438d49226887f6a08dab51c06\"><\/p>\n<p><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" aria-modal=\"true\"><\/dialog><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>Update 11:30am: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/cms\/fr\/42117246\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Himed Abdelli (Algeria) has finally been called up;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Himed Abdelli (Algeria) has finally been called up<\/a> to replace Houssem Aouar, who has withdrawn.<\/p>\n<h2>Football Also read:<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/de\/news\/le-premier-xi-type-des-absents-de-la-can-2025-42075014\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The first XI of absentees from CAN 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">The first XI of absentees from CAN 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/fr\/news\/le-deuxieme-xi-type-des-absents-de-la-can-2025-42116942\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:You can read the original version in \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 here.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">You can read the original version in \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf8 Alex Caparros &#8211; 2023 Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/second-best-xi-players-missing-091400573.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> Rubi Kucera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One single person is missing, and everything is depopulated.&#8221; For reasons sometimes beyond their control, several major figures in African football will miss the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations. 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