The Confederation of African football on Thursday morning release the Caf best eleven for the 2018 world cup qualifying series.

The list came as a surprise to many as there is still one more round of matches left while Senegal and South Africa will do battle in double legged tie due to the match manipulation allegation courtesy of a Ghanaian referee with three more slots still up for grabs in the black continent.

Nigeria has two names on the list alongside Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt while Uganda,Senegal and Cote D'Ivoire all provided one representatives each. 


Germany based defender Leon Balogun and English Premier League Winner Victor Moses are the Nigerian representatives on the list despite playing only four matches in the qualifiers. 

Egypt are also through to the mundial English based players like Hegazy and Mo Salah playing crucial roles in ensuring they qualify for their first tournament in 28years.

■Full Team

Denis Onyango-Uganda

Serge Aurier-Cote D'Ivoire

Ahmed Hegazy-Egypt 

Leon Balogun- Nigeria

Aly Maaloul-Tunisia 

Mbark Boussoufa-Morocco 

Youssef Msakni-Tunisia 

Sadio Mane-Senegal 

Victor Moses-Nigeria

Khalid Boutaib-Tunisia

Mohamed Salah-Egypt

Source: http://www.nigfooty.com/2017/11/balogun-and-moses-named-in-africa-wcq.html

They deserve it. Mikel tried too 3 assist and 2 goals.