CAF Player of the Year Victor Osimhen and the rest of the Super Eagles will have to step up their game at the AFCON after they were not selected on the CAF official Best XI for the first round of the competition.
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Ladies & gentlemen, here your best XI from the #TotalEnergiesAFCON2023 group stages! 🔝 pic.twitter.com/RDqTmTGZgQ— CAF (@CAF_Online) January 25, 2024
Osimhen was Man of the Match in the Super Eagles 1-0 win over hosts Cote d’Ivoire, while Moses Simon scooped the award after the odd goal win over Guinea Bissau.
However, neither player got on the Best XI for the group stage.
A little consolation for the Super Eagles is that the same fate befell their Round of 16 foes the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon.
As expected, the Best XI is dominated by Morocco and Senegal.
I’m not surprised!!! If I was part of CAF, I won’t select him due to his bad performance so far at Afcon 2023. Would have been very surprised if he made the list!!!