The Senegal National Team faces the Burkinabe selection this Thursday at the Stade 26-Mars in Bamako in qualifying for CAN 2025. In the absence of Lamine Camara and Ismail Jakobs, Pape Thiaw and his staff are relying on a slightly remodeled eleven but no surprise.
The Senegal National Team avoided a penultimate annual match by ensuring its qualification for the next African Cup of Nations during the last international break, with two victories against Malawi. But this Thursday evening (7:00 p.m. GMT), in Bamako, thehe Lions will not lack ambition when facing Burkina Faso. They are second in the group, behind their opponents of the day, and therefore want to regain first place, which requires success at the Stade 26-Mars.
Deprived of Ismail Jakobs, Lamine Camara or even Boulaye Dia, interim coach Pape Bouna Thiaw had to make some changes, without upsetting his eleven compared to the one which largely won against Malawi in October (4-0). Thus, the ancNiarry Tally's coach, who relies on the same attack, keeps his team in 4-2-3-1. Iliman Ndiaye therefore starts as playmaker, with Ismaïla Sarr, Sadio Mané on the sides, and Nicolas Jackson as center forward.
Gana holder with Pape Gueye
Concerning the full-backs, the return of Krépin Diatta and the absence of Ismail Jakobs pushes Pape Thiaw to modify the lanes. Thus, the AS Monaco player is preferred to Formose Mendy on the right, while El Hadji Malick Diouf, one of the best players during the success against Malawi (0-1), continues with a second start in a row. Unsurprisingly, Kalidou Koulibaly and Moussa Niakhaté are in the middle. Then in the middle, with the absence of Lamine, Thiaw trusts 35-year-old veteran Idrissa Gueye to accompany Pape Gueye.
The line-up of the Lions against Burkina Faso
E. Mendy – Diatta, Koulibaly, Niakhaté, Malick – Pape Gueye, PM Sarr – I. Sarr, Iliman, Mané – Jackson
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