Zebras Gets Boost Ahead Of AFCON Qualifiers

The French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 bosses decided on Wednesday to bar African players from the AFCON qualifiers. This follows a move by some English clubs to ban players from travelling to their home countries.  The move means the Zebras’ opponents Zimbabwe and Algeria will have to field weak squads for the crucial ties.

The Warriors who meet the Zebras on March 25 will miss key players, Tino Kadewere, and Marvelous Nakamba, alongside Marshall Munetsi who are based in France and England.  The Desert Foxes, as Algeria are known, on the other hand have announced that will use only locally based players for their games against the Zebras and Zambia. Algeria have 17 players, in French Ligue 1, third largest contingent only in terms of African representation, after Senegal and Mali who have 28 and 18 respectively.