Injured FC Porto striker Marega out of Mali squad for Afcon qualifiers

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The 28-year-old France-born forward last featured for the national team at the Afcon finals in Egypt

FC Porto striker Moussa Marega is the notable absentee in MaliÃ¢Â€Â™s 28-man provisional squad for the upcoming 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Guinea and Chad.

The 28-year-old is recovering from an injury and has missed PortoÃ¢Â€Â™s last four games in all competitions.

The striker even missed MaliÃ¢Â€Â™s trip to South Africa for the Nelson Mandela Challenge in October and an international friendly match against Saudi Arabia in September.

He last featured for the Eagles at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament in the 1-0 Round of 16 defeat byÃ‚Â Ivory Coast in July.

Mali kick offÃ‚Â their Group A matches at home against neighbours Guinea on November 14, before travelling to face Chad three days later.

Also missing from MaliÃ¢Â€Â™s squad for the Afcon qualifiers is Cercle Brugge midfielder Lassana Coulibaly, while Amiens forward Fousseni Diabate has withdrawn from the squad.

Dijon defender Senou Coulibaly and another France-born forward Ibrahim Sissoko are in line to make their debuts for Mali after being included.

Namibia complete group A.

Mali squad:

Goalkeepers: Djigui Diarra (Stade Malien, Mali), Adama Keita (Djoliba AC, Mali), Ibrahim Mounkoro (TP MazembÃƒÂ©, DR Congo)

Defenders: Molla WaguÃƒÂ© (FC Nantes, France), Hamari TraorÃƒÂ© (Rennes, France), Mamadou Fofana (FC Metz, France), Youssouf KonÃƒÂ© (Lyon, France), Boubacar Kiki Kouyate (Troyes, France), Falaye Sacko (Victoria GuimarÃƒÂ£es, Portugal), Senou Coulibaly (Dijon, France) Massadio Haidara (Lens, France), Cheick Oumara Traore (Lens, France)

Midfielders: DiadiÃƒÂ© Samassekou (Hoffenheim, Germany), Amadou Haidara (RB Leipzig, Germany) KouamÃƒÂ© Nguessan Rominique (Circle Bruges, Belgium) Souleymane Diarra (Gaziantep, Turkey), Cheick Oumar DoucourÃƒÂ© (Lens, France), Adama Noss TraorÃƒÂ© (Metz, France), Mohamed Camara (RB Salzburg, Austria)

Forwards: Moussa Doumbia (Reims, France), Kalifa Coulibaly (Nantes, France), Adama Malouda Traore (Metz, France), Moussa Djenepo (Southampton, England), Sekou Koita (RB Salzburg, Austria), Hadi Sacko (Denizlispor, Turkey), Abdoulaye (Besiktas, Turkey), Fousseyni Diabate (Amiens, France), Ibrahima Sissoko (Niort, France)

2019-11-10 18:00:03

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