Mali coach Tom Saintfiet unveiled this Sunday his list of 24 Eagles selected for the double confrontation against Guinea Bissau on October 11 (in Bamako) and October 15 (in Bissau) for the 3rd and 4th days of the qualifiers. of CAN 2025.
Decimated last month with no less than 8 packagesthe quarter-finalists of the last CAN recorded several returns, like Amadou Haidara, El-Bilal Touré, Nene Dorgeles, Lassine Sinayoko or even the former Strasbourg player Ibrahima Sissoko (Bochum), summoned only once in October 2013. Having passed through the youth selections and notably aligned during the 2024 Olympic Games, the central defender of Schalke 04, Ibrahima Cissé, is summoned for the first time.
The decimated defense
If Yves Bissouma, savior of his team in September, is there, several absentees will however cause controversy, like Kamory Doumbia and Massadio Haidara, who shine with Brest in the Champions League, Moussa Sylla, who goes on to score goal with Schalke 04 (6 goals in Bundesliga 2), or even Falaye Sacko, Sikou Niakaté and Modibo Sagnan. Hamari Traoré and Kiki Kouyaté are also missing due to injury in a greatly reduced defense.
With 4 points after 2 days, the Mali shares the head of his
elimination group with Mozambique and will play big against Guinea Bissau who follow at a small point.
