Iliman Ndiaye will certainly start in the heart of the Senegalese team’s game on Friday against Malawi (7:00 p.m. GMT). The Everton player, too intermittent with Aliou Cissé, must this time not miss his chance to establish himself in the Lions’ eleven. Pape Thiaw is counting on him.
He played on the substitutes’ bench for his first six matches with the National Team. He ended the adventure with Aliou Cissé as he started it: replacement status. However, upon his arrival, many saw him as the future starting playmaker for the Lions. But until then, the story between Iliman Ndiaye and the African champion selection has not had the expected return. Full of talent, a player with silky dribbling, a good ball handler, a passer, the Everton striker still has almost all the qualities to stand out.
While he left Olympique de Marseille during the last summer transfer window and got back on track with the residents of Goodison Park, where he won a starting place over the matches, thanks to his good performances , the former Sheffield United player will start again against Malawi. During his last two starts, against Mauritania and DR Congo, Iliman Ndiaye missed the mark again. Within a humming Senegalese attack, the former Sheffield United player failed to impose his technical palette.
A chance to seize
Against Burkina Faso and Burundi, Aliou Cissé chose to start with other attacking players, and Iliman Ndiaye started on the substitutes’ bench, playing only half an hour in the two matches. In short, always seen by some as the player who must be entrusted with the keys to the offensive animation of the Lions, the 22-year-old player must raise the level with the Lions. This Friday, with his 22 selections (and 2 goals, 3 assists), Ili is offered a new chance. An opportunity to seize in a 4-2-3-1 where he will not be the only attacker expected at the turn.
Undoubtedly aligned as playmaker, with the trio Ismail Sarr, Nicolas Jackson and Sadio Mané in front of him, the Everton resident will have the mission of streamlining the Lions’ game and bringing more creativity, which has often has been lacking in the team lately. Back in this position and in this system of play with the Lions for the first time since the World Cup in Qatar, he will certainly want to do much better than his performance against England. With an opponent who has nothing to do with the Three Lions and within his reach, he must not miss!
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