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Mohammed Kudus the star player in AFCON group stage best XI

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Mohammed Kudus the star player in AFCON group stage best XI With the Africa Cup of Nations group stages done and dusted, we take a look at the team of the round. Featuring those to have made at least two appearances, stars from Ghana, Morocco, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Senegal and Mauritania all make the cut.Jesus Owono (Equatori...

Wales to upset England? Go hard or go home with WhoScored.com Games Big5

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Wales to upset England? Go hard or go home with WhoScored.com Games Big5 The World Cup of shocks continued in Round 2…Japan followed up their victory over Germany with a loss to Costa Rica, Belgium’s pensioners underperformed yet again and Ecuador grabbed a point against Virgil van Dijk’s Netherlands!The only thing that wasn’t a surprise was Gare...

World Cup Preview - Group D: Will France successfully defend their crown?

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World Cup Preview - Group D: Will France successfully defend their crown? With Groups A, B and C covered, it's time to take a look at Group D, with defending champions France getting their campaign underway against Australia on TuesdayAustraliaHow they qualifiedAustralia went all the way to penalties in the inter-confederation playoff final against Peru, winning 5-4 in su...

World Cup play-offs preview: Senegal-Egypt and Nigeria-Ghana among 5 crucial clashes

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World Cup play-offs preview: Senegal-Egypt and Nigeria-Ghana among 5 crucial clashes We're at the all or nothing stage of World Cup qualifying for the CAF teams. 10 teams remain, but there are just five spots up for grabs as we head into the second leg games this week. Here, we preview the action ahead of Tuesday's massive set of matches.Senegal vs EgyptThe African heavyweights face...

Highly-rated full-back stars in AFCON best XI

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Highly-rated full-back stars in AFCON best XI Goalkeeper: Mohamed El-Shenawy (Egypt) - 7.41 ratingEgypt breezed through the group stages, progressing to the last-16 at a canter, before their knockout stage defeat to South Africa. It was a blow to the hosts, who had hoped to go all the way on home turf, but they still have three players in the A...

Senegal dominate AFCON semi-final best XI after Tunisia triumph

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Senegal dominate AFCON semi-final best XI after Tunisia triumph Goalkeeper: Alfred Gomis (Senegal) - 8.31 ratingThe first of six Senegal players to feature, goalkeeper Alfred Gomis comes away with the player of the round award after landing a WhoScored rating of 8.31 from their extra time 1-0 win over Tunisia. The 25-year-old made two saves in the narrow victory...

Mahrez and Mane miss out on AFCON semi-final combined XI

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Mahrez and Mane miss out on AFCON semi-final combined XI Now there are only four teams left in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt, we have worked out a combined XI considering only players that have made at least three appearances in the competition this summer. There is plenty of talent among the squads for Algeria, Senegal, Tunisia and N...

Tunisia well-represented in AFCON best XI after Madagascar victory

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Tunisia well-represented in AFCON best XI after Madagascar victory Goalkeeper: Rais M’bolhi (Algeria) - 7.63 ratingJonathan Kodjia became the first player to get the better of Rais M’bolhi at AFCON 2019, ending a run of 421 minutes without conceding, and it could have been more had the experienced goalkeeper not worked wonders between the sticks. Indeed...

Algeria lead the way in AFCON team of the round

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Algeria lead the way in AFCON team of the round Goalkeeper: Mouez Hassen (Tunisia) - 7.99 ratingTunisia sprung something of an upset in their progression to the next round of AFCON 2019 as they dumped heavyweights Ghana out of the competition on penalties at the last-16 stage. Mouez Hassen may not have played any part of the shootout, with head c...

World Cup Group Stage Round-up: The best rated eliminated XI

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World Cup Group Stage Round-up: The best rated eliminated XI As sweet the taste of victory at the World Cup my be, there is a bitterness to being eliminated, particularly if a player or team has impressed, but ultimately been dumped out of the competition at the group stage, and Russia 2018 is no different.Here, using our unique rating system, we take a look ...