2023-11-21 07:49:43
54 days before the start of the competition, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) finally gave the green light for lists of up to 27 players in preparation for Can 2023.
The information was disclosed by Idriss Diallo, the president of the Ivorian Football Federation (Fif). The Ivorian leader in this case spilled the beans to the sports press in Dar Es Salam, Tanzania, the day before the Gambia-Côte d’Ivoire match (0-2), counting for the second day of the World Cup qualifiers. world 2026 in group F.
“Caf gave us information according to which the selectors can take up to 27 players for the Can list,” declared the sixty-year-old in comments reported by the media Prom’Ivoire on Twitter. “So, coach Gasset can take up to 27 players or less, if he wants,” he added.
If no formalization has yet been made by Caf at the time of writing these lines, this announcement should make Aliou Cissé happy. The coach of the Senegal team notably dismissed the case last week due to the return of the lists to 23 players, compared to 28 authorized since Can 2021 (due to Covid-19) until the end of last October.
“Since the start of the playoffs, all teams have called up between 28 and 30 players and then decreased. Today, everyone is aware of the harshness of this Can, of the difficulties that exist in this Can. Between poor performances, suspensions and illnesses, I thought that Caf could have even left the fact that we could be at 26 or 27. In reality it won’t spoil anything because for us coaches it allows us to have more possibilities. These are situations where Caf should consult us as technicians,” the Lions boss railed on November 10, on the sidelines of the announcement of his list… of 23 for the first two days of the World Cup qualifiers. world.
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