As part of their preparation for CAF 2019, Mali will settle in Qatar where they will face Algeria in a friendly game.
Since its bronze medals in 2012 and 2013, Mali has not passed the first round of the CAN. In Egypt, the Eagles will therefore try to do better than in the previous two editions, with Henryk Kasperczak in 2015 in Equatorial Guinea and Alain Giresse in Gabon in 2017. For this, the coach of the Eagles, Mohamed Magassouba, has communicated a shortlist of 27 players including 9 players formed at the JMG Academy in Bamako, Mali. Here is the list of invited JMG academicians and their current clubs:
DEFENDERS :
- Hamari Traoré (Rennes, France),
- Youssouf Koné (Lille, France),
MIDFIELDERS :
- Diadié Samassékou (RB Salzbourg, Autriche),
- Amadou Haïdara (RB Leipzig, Allemagne)
- Cheick Doucouré (RC Lens, France )
- Yves Bissouma (Brighton, Angleterre),
- Adama Traoré (Cercle Bruges, Belgique),
- Souleymane Diarra (Lens, France),
.FORWARDS :
- Moussa Doumbia (Reims, France),