With a Champion of the Champions League! The Senegalese figures that will face Ecuador in Qatar 2022

The group stage of the Qatar 2022 World Cup is coming to an end. This Tuesday, November 29, the last date of Group A will be played, whose most outstanding duel is Ecuador vs. Senegal. Both teams will fight for one of the places that will allow them to advance to the round of 16.

Those led by Gustavo Alfaro (4 pts.) start with a slight advantage, since a draw would ensure their passage to the next instance; while the African team (3 pts.) needs a win to advance. For this reason, coach Aliou Cissé will not hold anything back and will put his best players to fight for one of the two tickets.

For the betting houses, the Ecuadorian team is the favorite to win. In the last two games they have shown a great level and even almost defeated the Netherlands. However, Senegal has great footballers who play for clubs in the top leagues in Europe, such as the Premier League, LaLiga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga, among others. Next, we tell you who their top figures are.

After Sadio Mané’s injury, goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is the highest point of reference for the Senegal team. The 30-year-old footballer is Chelsea’s current starting goalkeeper. Precisely, with the London team he won the Champions League in the 2021-2022 season; in addition to the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup.

Of the current squad, the goalkeeper is the second footballer with the highest value on the market with his 25 million euros.

Like Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly plays for Chelsea and is a regular starter in defense. After his transfer from Naples to the ‘blues’, the defender became the player with the highest value in the current Senegal squad with 35 million euros. He is only surpassed by Sadio Mané (60 million).

The experienced 31-year-old central defender achieved his greatest achievements with Diego Maradona’s former team, with whom he won the Italian Cup and the Super Cup.

If we talk about experience, Idrissa Gana Gueye He is the oldest footballer in the current Senegal at 33 years old. The Everton midfielder has been playing his football on the Old Continent for more than 10 years.

He started at Lille in Ligue 1 (2010) and then went through Aston Villa (2015), Everton (2016) and PSG (2019). Precisely, with the Parisian team, he won two French leagues, two French Super Cups, among others.

Source-larepublica.pe