Cairo (AFP)
Not surprisingly, the stars Sadio Mané and Riyad Mahrez will start the CAN final between Senegal and Algeria, looking for a trophy they have been waiting for years, Friday in Cairo (21:00).
On the Lions side of the Teranga, Salif Sané, who injured his ankle in the first match, found his place in central hinge alongside Captain Cheikhou Kouyaté, in the absence of Kalidou Koulibaly, suspended.
Idrissa Gueye, absent in the defeat against the Fennecs (1-0) in hens, is in the middle. Coach Aliou Cisse has also chosen to lure Ismaïla Sarr's attack in injury to Keita Baldé, disappointing in Egypt.
On the Algerian side, coach Djamel Belmadi renewed his confidence in the same eleven victories for Nigeria in the semi-finals (2-1). For the second time in a row, Mehdi Zeffane occupies the position of right side, after the package of Youcef Atal, touched on the clavicle.
The Fennecs hope to win their second CAN after 1990, when the Lions never won the continental title.
Composition of the teams:
Senegal: A. Gomis - Gassama, Kouyaté (cap.), S. Sané, Sabaly - P. Ndiaye, Gueye - Sarr, Saivet, Mané - Niang
Algeria: M'Bolhi - Zeffane, Mandi, Benlamri, Bensebaïni - Guedioura, Bennacer, Feghouli - Mahrez (cap.), Bounedjah, Belaïli
Referee: Alioum Alioum (CMR)
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