Why 55 players on the eve of the AFCON finals?

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 30 Views |

Is it a script from Passenger 57, Bots50 or something about the number 55, or it’s just a belated April Fool's joke? A month before the first game at the continent's biggest football party and 55, yes 55 players have been called up in a 'preliminary' Zebras squad.

How do you have a preliminary squad just weeks before a tournament of the Africa Cup of Nations' magnitude.

Coach Morena Ramoreboli and his technical team should have resisted the temptation of releasing a long list, which made them central characters in a comic strip.

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Why 55 players on the eve of the AFCON finals?

Is it a script from Passenger 57, Bots50 or something about the number 55, or it’s just a belated April Fool's joke? A month before the first game at the continent's biggest football party and 55, yes 55 players have been called up in a 'preliminary' Zebras squad.