Monrovia – Lone Star Coach Ansu Keita has invited 16 foreign-based players ahead of the back-to-back encounters with South Africa’s Bafana Bafana on the 24th and 28th of March for Ivory Coast’s 2023 Nations Cup qualifiers.
Both Liberia and South Africa have tasted defeat each to Morocco who sits top of Group C with 6points from two matches.
Here is the full list of players defenders:
𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗼 – 𝗔𝗹 𝗔𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗵𝗮𝘇𝗶 (𝗟𝗶𝗯𝘆𝗮) 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗲 – 𝗔𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗮𝗵 (𝗜𝗿𝗾𝗮) 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝘄𝗲𝗵 – 𝗠𝗙𝗞 𝗩𝘆𝘀𝗸𝗼𝘃 (𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗽.) 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗶 – 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗮 (𝗦𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮) and 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗺 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗼 – 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 (𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮)
Midfielders: 𝗠𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗲 – 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻 (𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱), 𝗢𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘆 – 𝗦𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 – (𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝗽.) 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗔𝗱𝘂𝗸𝗼𝗿 – 𝗨𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱, 𝗡𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗵 – 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 (𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱),𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗷𝗶𝗲 – 𝗙𝗖 𝗔𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘂 (𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱), J𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝗻 – 𝗗𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘀 – (𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻), T𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹 – 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗴𝗮𝘆𝗶𝘁 (𝗔𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗶𝗷𝗮𝗻), 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗧𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹 – 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝗴𝘆𝗽𝘁 (𝗘𝗴𝘆𝗽𝘁)
Strikers: P𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗻 – 𝗙𝗞 𝗝𝗲𝗿𝘃 (𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆), 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗿 – 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮 (𝗠𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗮), M𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮 – 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝗶𝗳𝗮 (𝗜𝘀𝗿𝗮𝗲𝗹).
Meanwhile, the former under 17 coach also selected seven locally based players for South Africa encounters to increase the number to 25 players
They include: Ketu Jerbo, Bea Mountain, Darius Kah LISCR FC, Morris Konneh, Heaven Eleven, Farsedu Logan, Watanga, Emmanuel Denneah, Bea Mountain Goalkeeper, Tommy Songo, LISCR FC Goalkeeper and Derrick Julu, Watanga FC Goalkeeper.
Reported by; Sylveter Tamba
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