Senegal pick Ba, Papis Cisse to stop Cote d'Ivoire

The Teranga Lions of Senegal have picked Newcastle strikers Papis Cisse and Demba Ba for the AFCON return leg clash against Cote d’Ivoire.

Ibrahima Toure, who has taken the French second division by storm with goals for Monaco, has also been called up.

Senegal will be hoping the firepower of the Newcastle stars and Toure will be enough to reverse a 4-2 loss they suffered in Abidjan earlier this month.

Senegal will qualify for the 2013 AFCON if they beat fellow West Africans Cote d’Ivoire by at least 2-0 in Dakar.

Coach Joseph Koto has named as many as 13 players from the country’s Olympic team for this all-important return clash fixed for October 13.

These players include Abdoulaye Ba, Pape Ndiaye Souare and Saliou Ciss, who all shone at the recent London Olympics.

However, there is no place for El Hadj Diouf whose international suspension has been lifted, as well as former Rennes defender Kader Magane, who struggled in the first match in Abidjan.


The full squad:
Goalkeepers : Bouna Coundoul (Paralim, Cyprus), Ousmane Mané (FC Diambars), Khadim Ndiaye



Defenders: Lamine Sané (Bordeaux, France), Pape Guèye (Metalist, Ukraine), Cheikhou Kouyaté (Anderlecht, Belgium), Zarco Touré (Le Havre, France), Abdoulaye Bâ (FC Porto, Portugal), Kara Mbodji (Tromso, Norway), Pape Ndiaye Souaré (Reims, France), Saliou Ciss (Tromso, Norway), Cheikh Mbengue (Toulouse, France)


Midfielders: Idrissa Gana Guèye (Lille, France), Mouhamed Diamé (West Ham, England), Ricardo Faty (Ajaccio, France), Sadio Mané (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria)


Strikers: Dame Ndoye (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Papis Demba Cissé, Demba Bâ (Newcastle), Moussa Konaté (FC Krasnodar, Russia), Ibrahima Touré (Monaco, France), Moussa Sow (Fenerbahçe, Turkey).

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