Super Eagles duo, Victor Moses and Leon Balogun have been
included in the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) overall best eleven of
the FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
CAF made the announcement on their verified Twitter handle
on Thursday.
The CAF XI is deployed in a 4-4-2 formation with Balogun one
of the centre-backs and Moses as the right winger.
Like Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia also have two
players in the selection, while Uganda, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire have one
each.
Both Moses and Balogun were instrumental in the Super Eagles
qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia as the side won four of their five
African qualifying Group B matches.
Moses, who has been shortlisted for the African Player of
the Year award, will miss the Eagles’ final World Cup qualifying clash against
Algeria in Constantine on Friday due to injury.
On his part, Balogun is expected to be in action for the
Super Eagles.
Other players who made the list are Egypt’s duo, Mohamed
Salah and Ahmed Hegazy, Cote d’Ivoire’s Serge Aurier, Youseef Msakni and Aly
Maaloul of Tunisia, Mbark Boussoufa and Khalid Boutaib both from Morocco.
Also in the list are Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Uganda’s
Dennis Onyango.
Nigeria and Egypt are the only two countries who have
already qualified for the 2018 World Cup.
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