The Comoros have not yet chosen who will play goalkeeper against Cameroon for their first-ever CAN round of 16, with two of them testing positive for Covid and the third injured, goals coach Jean-Daniel explained on Sunday. Padovani.

“The goalkeeper, we have not yet determined, and even if it was the case I would not say it”, explained the assistant in charge of the doormen in a press conference the day before the match, in Yaoundé.

Two of them, Moyadh Ousseini and Ali Ahamada, tested positive for Covid, and Salim Ben Boina, starter against Morocco and Ghana, suffered a shoulder injury and was unable to complete the third game. of hens.

“We have potential volunteers”

Padovani gave no news of the new tests that the Comorian Federation had announced on Sunday.

She should do them on Monday instead, 48 hours of latency being required between two PCR tests according to the rules of the competition.

In the event of negative tests, the players could try to join Yaoundé from Garoua, in the North, where they are confined, to play the match Monday at 8:00 p.m.

“For testing and all that, I let qualified people do it,” he added. A total of seven players in the squad tested positive on Saturday, as well as coach Amir Abdou and staff members. In addition to the two goalkeepers mentioned, they are midfielders Nakibou Aboubakari, Yacine Bourhane, striker Mohamed M'Changama, and defenders Kassim Abdallah and Alexis Souahy.

For the choice of a goalkeeper, the Comoros can either line up Ben Boina, man of the match against Morocco despite the defeat (2-0), if he is handed over, or an outfield player.

To choose a goalkeeper, the staff "decided to bring together all the valid players and put the situation in perspective", explained Padovani.

“The first thing is that it had to come from them, we had potential goalkeepers.

We laugh, we prefer to take it like that, it's funny..."

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