Gabon vs Guinea Bissau 2017 (Gabon-Guinea BELOW)
Final score and result:- Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau 1-1 (Aubameyang/Juary)
Stade d’Angondje, Libreville- 14 January, 2017- AFCON 2017- Saturday
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores the first goal of AFCON 2017 but Juary’s late strike denies hosts Gabon all three points
Carl Medjani and Sofiane Feghouli were the major glaring omissions by Algeria coach Georges Leekens as he announced his final 23 member squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
Leganes’ Medjani, who captained Algeria in 2016, has struggled for game time at his club and the same goes from West Ham’s Feghouli, who is likely to seek an exit from the London club in January.
The big names in Leekens’ squad are the Leicester duo of Slimani and Mahrez, plus Porto’s Brahimi, Schalke’s Bentaleb and Napoli’s Ghoulam. Four of the 23 member squad ply their trade in Algeria, with the vast majority in Europe.
23 member Squad by country distribution of clubs
Algeria: 4 (USM Alger*2, Kabylie, Bejaia)
France: 3 (Dijon, Lyon, Rennes)
The final list of sixteen teams to compete at next year’s Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2017) has been confirmed, and there are some big names missing, with both 2012 champions Zambia and 2013 champions Nigeria failing to qualify for the tournament. Another team to miss out are South Africa’s Bafana, although they’ve consistently under performed in recent years. Two of Africa’s biggest economies not qualifying will be a bit of a blow to the tournament and its marketing team.
Uganda were surprise qualifiers, making it to their first tournament in nearly 40 years.
The tournament will see the return of erstwhile powerhouses Egypt, who made their last appearance in 2010 as well as Zimbabwe, who will be seen at the finals for the first time in over a decade