Guinea Squad for World Cup Qualifier against Burkina Faso

Here is the squad set to travel to Ouagadougou to face Burkina Faso in the first World Cup qualifier of the final round:

Goalkeepers: Kemoko Camara (unattached), Naby Yattara (Sète, France)

Defenders: Mamadou Dioulde Bah (Racing Starsbourg, France), Alghassimou Balde (AS Cannes, France), Dianbobo Baldé (Glasgow Celtic, Scotland), Jean Habib Balde (Reims, France), Alseny Camara (Chateauroux, France), Ibrahima Camara (Le Mans, France), Alimou Diallo (Sivasspor, Turkey), Oumar Kalabane (Manisaspor, Turkey), Kamil Zayatte (Hull City, England)

Midfielders: Aboubacar Mbaye Camara (Lokeren, Belgium), Kevin Constant (Chateauroux, France), Fodé Mansaré (Toulouse, France), Mohamed Sacko (Etoile Sahel, Tunisia), Kanfory Sylla (Sivasspor, Turkey), Larsen Toure (Grenoble, France)

Strikers: Amara Kaba Bangoura (Valenciennes, France), Ismael Bangoura (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine), Karamoko Cisse (Albinoleffe, Italy), Pascal Feindouno (Al Saad, Qatar), Alassane Keita (Mallorca, Spain), Ibrahima Yattara (Trabzonspor, Turkey), Souleymane Youla (Eskiesehirspor, Turkey).

It is a pretty standard list of Syli Nationale regulars. One exception is the recall of Ibrahima Yattara who has not worn the national team shirt in quite some time. Yattara is one of the more talented Guinean players so he will be an asset and his recall was a wise decision. Especially because of the fitness concerns of Fodé Mansaré and Ismaël Bangoura. Mansaré has not appeared for Toulouse in over a month and Bangoura just recently returned from an injury layoff with Dynamo Kiev. With those two in doubt and not likely to be able to go 90 minutes it could very well mean Yattara will start the match. Souleymane Youla is also back with the squad after missing the last round of qualifiers due to injury. It is Youla’s first meaningful national team call up since the Nations Cup in 2008.

All in all a very solid squad with no glaring omissions despite the fitness doubts of Mansaré and Bangoura.

I will hopefully have a match preview up by Saturday.