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CAF allows lists to 28! (official)

After the Euro with lists of 26, the African Football Confederation (CAF) is in turn adapting to the current health context. Thursday, during a videoconference meeting with the 24 teams qualified for CAN Cameroon 2021 (January 9-February 6, 2022), the body announced that “each selection will have 28 players instead of 23 during this competition“. The information was relayed by several federations, including the Algerian Federation (FAF). A way for breeders to ensure their rear in the event of the appearance of positive cases for Covid-19.

If this decision will therefore make the technicians happy, it risks on the other hand gnashing the teeth of the European clubs, already unhappy to see some of their players leave in the middle of the season and who could have to do without a little more elements. provided that.

«An extended list of 30 players must be sent before December 30, 2021, with the possibility of replacing an injured player, during the competition.“, Also added CAF, which renounces on the other hand to apply the now widespread rule of 5 replacements. “Each team will benefit from three (03) substitutions during the match, plus a fourth during extra time“, Thus specified the authority.

CAN 2021 groups:

Group A: Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Cape Verde

Group B: Senegal, Zimbabwe, Guinea, Malawi

Group C: Morocco, Ghana, Comoros, Gabon

Group D: Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan, Guinea Bissau

Group E: Algeria, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast

Group F: Tunisia, Mali, Mauritania, Gambia

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