PSV players Saibari and Salah-Edinne are still contenders for winning the African Cup, as Morocco reached the final on Wednesday evening at the expense of Nigeria.
There is still a chance that Ismael Saibari and Anass Salah-Edinne will return to PSV next week as winners of the Africa Cup. The two PSV players are in the final of the tournament with Morocco after the Lions of the Atlas managed to defeat Nigeria in the semi-finals. The decision had to be made from the penalty spot as the score was still 0-0 after 120 minutes of football.
This gives the Moroccan team a chance to call itself the best African country in football for the first time since 1976. The opponent in the final is Senegal, which managed to defeat Egypt. There was no decisive role for either PSV player in the penalty shootout against Nigeria. Saibari was taken off in the 118th minute and replaced by Eliesse Ben Seghir. Salah-Edinne, on the other hand, remained on the bench for the entire match.
The final of the Africa Cup will be played next Sunday in Rabat and starts at 8 p.m. Dutch time. It will then become clear whether the PSV duo will return to Eindhoven next week as brand new African champions or whether they will have to settle for second place.
Peter Bosz certainly gives Ismael Saibari and Anass Salah-Eddine a place in the final of the Africa Cup. PSV has had to do without the two strongmen from Morocco since mid-December, but despite their absence, Bosz hopes for a good outcome for both PSV players.
“I think that is very ambiguous. I of course wish Anass and Ismael that final,” Bosz begins when he is asked whether he will see his two players again soon, at the press conference after the cup victory over Den Bosch (1-4). “It would be special. Suppose they make it, then you get two boys back who are in a winning mood,” said Peter Bosz.
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