The two-time CAF African Player of the Year award helped Teranga Lions retain the title they won two years ago.
Former Liverpool striker El Hadji Diouf has named his beloved Senegal as favorites to win the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations to be held in January, Soccernet.ng reports.
After 17 attempts, Senegal finally won the AFCON Championship for the first time, defeating Egypt in the final in Yaounde in February 2022.
Douf said the Lions would be the team to win the next AFCON, as Marseille’s Ismaila Sarr, Chelsea’s Nicholas Jackson and Al Nasr’s Sadio Mane are in the squad.
In addition to Senegal, the former Bolton Wanderers star sees World Cup semi-finalists Morocco and AFCON hosts as his biggest challengers to the continental title.
And despite Nigeria’s attacking talents, such as Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface, Diouf remains one of the teams that threatens Senegal’s reign. He didn’t mention the Eagles.
According to Sports News Africa, Diouf said in an interview with the Senegalese media “Record,” “Senegal is the favorite to win, but there are outsiders like Morocco and Ivory Coast, and as the competition progresses, there are teams that will break away from the group. “There is,” he said. .
“Yes, the African Cup of Nations, which we won in Cameroon, is the responsibility of the management who gave their all, but the next AFCON is the responsibility of the players.” is up to them. It’s not over yet. ”
Nigeria are three-time AFCON champions, clinching continental glory in 1980, 1994 and 2013.
