Senegal has named the same squad for the World Cup that finished runners-up
at this year's African Nations Cup, adding just a third goalkeeper.
The uncapped Kalidou Cissoko from national champions Jeanne d'Arc is
the only newcomer and the only locally based player in the squad named
by French-born coach Bruno Metsu.
All but two of the players are based in France, which faces the west
Africans in the opening match of the World Cup in Seoul on May 31.
Metsu told a press conference late on Friday he would keep two players
on a standby list in case of injury and ask them to stay with the team
until the FIFA deadline for finalizing squads, which is May 21.
They are AC Milan youth team player Mohamed Adama Sarr and French-based
striker Mamadou Niang, who scored on his debut against Bolivia in a friendly
international in March.
Metsu said Senegal would play a friendly against Guinea in Dakar on May
10 and then head for Asia via Saudi Arabia, where it has another warm-up
game in Riyadh on May 14.
The team includes the 36-year-old Amara Traore, likely to be among the
oldest players at the World Cup. Key players will be recently named African
Footballer of the Year El Hadji Diouf and Paris-born Khalilou Fadiga.
Senegal is playing in the World Cup finals for the first time, having
surprised more fancied teams in the qualifiers. It also reached its first
Nations Cup finals in February, losing the final only on penalties to
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