Mauritania : Rubbing Shoulders With Titans

The Mourabitounes of Mauritania will be one of the new brooms in the 2021 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). This will be their second consecutive time to pick a spot in Africa’s highest football showpiece after their 2019 expedition in Egypt. They qualified thanks to an away 1-0 victory over Central African Republic. Mauritania scored in the encounter thanks to Aboubakar Kamara.
Though they are novices, they will not just be coming to mingle with the bigwigs and go away. They are equally coming to tell the world that they deserve a spot in the competition. They have been pooled in Group F with Mali, Gambia and Tunisia. With teams like Mali and Tunisia, Mauritania, has a reason to be careful. French coach Didier Gomes da Rosa therefore has to be very tactful in his picks so as to get the right squad that will honourably represent the nation in Cameroon. He recently released a provisional 30-player squad for the upcoming TotalEnergies AFCON, Cameroon 2021. AS Douanes young midfielder Beyatt Lekweiry was the squad’s surprise, as the 16-years-old became the youngest player in Gomes’ selection. Age therefore does not matter to Gomes, rather ta...