The second best XI of players missing from AFCON 2025 🫥 | OneFootball

"One single person is missing, and everything is depopulated."

For reasons sometimes beyond their control, several major figures in African football will miss the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations.

After a first XI led by Guirassy, Partey, and Pépé, this second dream team is by no means a consolation prize.

From Hakim Ziyech to Victor Boniface, including Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting: this XI clearly looks like a CAN semi-finalist.

🚨 Update 11:30am: Himed Abdelli (Algeria) has finally been called up to replace Houssem Aouar, who has withdrawn.

Also read:

- The first XI of absentees from CAN 2025

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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