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Guinea's National Team Land in Egypt ... (Photos)


Sat 15 Jun 2019 | 04:00 PM
Mohamed Helba

Guinea's national team has arrived in Cairo on Saturday to participate in the 2019 African Cup of Nations that will start on  June 21 and end on 19 July.

The National Elephants headed to Alexandria to play their last warm-up match against the Pharaohs at Burj Al- Arab Stadium on Sunday, 16 June at 21:00 pm CLT.

Guinea, drawn in Group B alongside Nigeria, Madagascar, and Burundi, will begin their mission against Madagascar at Alexandria Stadium on Saturday, June 22 at 22:00 pm CLT.

The National Elephants will appear in the showpiece tournament for the 12th time in their history. Their most prominent achievement was in 1976 when they ended second after they were defeated in the final leg by Morocco.

It is worth mentioning that Paul Put, Guinea's head coach named his 23- man squad for the 2019 AFCON. Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita  was among Put's squad.

Guinea 23-man squad is as follows: 

Goalkeepers: Naby Yattara (Excelsior, Reunion Island), Ibrahima Koné (Pau, France), Aly Kéita (Ostersunds, Sweden)

Defenders: Fodé Camara (Gazélec Ajaccio, France), Issiaga Sylla (Toulouse FC, France), Ernest Seka (Nancy, France), Simon Falette (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Ousmane Sidibé (Béziers, France), Baissama Sankoh (Caen, France), Mikael Dyrestam (AO Xanthi FC, Greece), Julian Jeanvier (Brendford, England)

Midfielders: Amadou Diawara (Napoli, Italy), Ibrahima Cissé (Fulham, England), Boubacar Fofana (Gaz Metan, Romania), Naby Keita (Liverpool, England), Mady Camara (Olympiakos, Greece)

Forwards: François Kamano (Bordeaux, France), Mohamed Yattara (Auxerre, France), Ibrahima Traoré (Borussia M'Gladbach, Germany), José Kanté (Gimnastic Tarragona, Spain), Idrissa Sylla (Zulte Waregem, Belgium), Fodé Koita (Kasimpasa, Turkey), Sory Kaba (Dijon, France)

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