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Super Eagles pair of Victor Moses and Leon Balogun have been included in the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Best 11 of the FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifiers.
CAF made the announcement on its verified Twitter handle on Thursday.
The CAF XI was deployed in a 4-4-2 formation with Balogun one of the centre-backs and Moses as the right winger.
Like Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia also have two players in the selection, while Uganda, Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire have one each.
Both Moses and Balogun were instrumental in the Super Eagles qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, as the side won four of its five African qualifying Group B matches.
Moses, who had been shortlisted for the African Player of the Year award, will miss the Eagles’ final World Cup qualifying clash against Algeria in Constantine today due to injury.
Balogun is expected to be in action for the Eagles.
Other players who made the list are Egypt’s duo, Mohamed Salah and Ahmed Hegazy, Cote d’Ivoire’s Serge Aurier, Youseef Msakni and Aly Maaloul of Tunisia, Mbark Boussoufa and Khalid Boutaib both from Morocco.
Also in the list are Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Uganda’s Dennis Onyango.
Nigeria and Egypt are the only two countries who have already qualified for the 2018 World Cup.
CAF’S 2018 World Cup Qualifying Best Eleven
Goalkeeper
Dennis Onyango (Uganda)
Defenders
Leon Balogun (Nigeria)
Serge Aurier (Cote d’Ivoire)
Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt)
Aly Maaloul (Tunisia)
Midfielders
Victor Moses (Nigeria)
Sadio Mane (Senegal)
Youssef Msakni (Tunisia)
Mbark Boussoufa (Morocco)
Forwards
Khalid Boutaib (Morocco)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
