Africa Cup Of Nations.

In Group B Senegal is the strong favorite to pass the stage. Rest of teams are Malawi, Zimbabwe and Guinea.

Senegal in last competition finished 2nd losing in the final against Algeria. They have many big names in the team like Sadio Mane, Gueye, Dia or Koulibaly.

This was also showed in qualifications where managed to dominate their Group collecting 14 points after 6 games and conceding only 2 goals.

However for this opening game they look in difficulties since coach Aliou Cisse had only 16 players available last training. They are hit by coronavirus with half of players positive and quarantined.

6 players were positive and already left out of the team def Saliou Ciss (29/0), st Dieng (3/0), st Mame Thiam (3/0), mid Sarr (4/0), mid Mendy (8/0) and 2nd gk Gomis (12/0).

Other players positive yesterday but still doubtful st Sarr (40/9), captain def Koulibaly (53/0), def Seck (5/0), mid Loum (3/0), 1st gk Mendy (16/0) and st Dhiedhiou (18/9).

So probably we should see an adapted lineup as they have missings in all positions.

Zimbabwe in other hand qualified after finishing 2nd in Group of qualifications. This is their 5th competition but so far never managed to pass the group stage.

Most of players are coming from South Africa, England or France leagues. They don't have any big name comparing to other african national teams but their strong point is the group being very strong physically.

This is the opening game and everything can happen, Senegal have many players who can make the difference but with all these missings I don't see an easy win for them.

GL!

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在B组，塞内加尔最有希望通过这一阶段。其他队伍分别是马拉维、津巴布韦和几内亚。

塞内加尔在上届比赛中排名第二，在决赛中负于阿尔及利亚。他们有很多大牌球员，比如萨迪奥·马内、盖耶、迪亚或库利巴利。

这在预选赛中也有所体现，他们在小组赛6场比赛中积14分，只失2球。

然而，在这场揭幕战中，他们似乎遇到了困难，因为主教练西塞在最后的训练中只有16名球员可用。他们受到冠状病毒的打击，一半的玩家呈阳性并被隔离。

有6名球员表现积极，但已经被排除在球队之外:西塞(29/0)，圣迪昂(3/0)，圣蒂亚姆(3/0)，中后卫萨尔(4/0)，中后卫曼迪(8/0)和第二名戈米斯(12/0)。

昨天其他球员都很乐观，但仍然怀疑圣萨尔(40/9)，队长库利巴利(53/0)，德塞克(5/0)，中洛姆(3/0)，第一门将门迪(16/0)和圣迪迪奥(18/9)。

所以也许我们应该看到一个经过调整的阵容，因为他们在所有位置上都有失误。

另一方面，津巴布韦以小组第二名的成绩晋级。这是他们第五次参加比赛，但迄今为止从未通过小组赛。

大多数球员来自南非、英格兰或法国联赛。与其他非洲国家队相比，他们没有什么名气，但他们的强项是身体素质很强。

这是首场比赛，一切都有可能发生，塞内加尔有很多球员可以发挥作用，但由于这些缺阵，我认为他们不会轻易获胜。