{"id":8088,"date":"2012-02-18T02:11:03","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T00:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/soccer-newcastles-ba-is-among-players-dropped-by-senegal\/"},"modified":"2012-02-18T02:11:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T00:11:03","slug":"soccer-newcastles-ba-is-among-players-dropped-by-senegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/soccer-newcastles-ba-is-among-players-dropped-by-senegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Newcastle&#8217;s Ba is among players dropped by Senegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">DAKAR<\/span> Feb 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Demba Ba was among several<br \/>\nhigh-profile casualties as Senegal kept just nine of the squad<br \/>\nfrom the recent African Nations Cup finals for a friendly<br \/>\nagainst South Africa in Durban on Feb. 29.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Newcastle United striker was dropped along with other<br \/>\nplayers including Mamadou Niang, Souleymane Diawara and Moussa<br \/>\nSow, who recently moved to Fenerbahce in Turkey in a<br \/>\n10-million-euro transfer from French champions Lille.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Co-coaches Karim Sega Diouf and Aliou Cisse, who are acting<br \/>\nin a caretaker capacity after the firing of Amara Traore, have<br \/>\npromoted several players from the country&#8217;s under-23 side for<br \/>\nthe first match for Senegal since a disastrous Nations Cup<br \/>\ncampaign.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Traore was sacked earlier this month after Senegal, one of<br \/>\nthe pre-Nations Cup favourites, lost all three group games at<br \/>\nthe tournament in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Among those who survived the cull were Ba&#8217;s new club mate<br \/>\nPapiss Demba Cisse and Wigan Athletic midfielder Mouhamed Diame.<br \/>\nBack in the squad is striker Mame Biram Diouf, formerly on the<br \/>\nbooks at Manchester United, who is now at Hanover in the<br \/>\nBundesliga.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Squad:<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers: Bouna Coundoul (unattached), Khadim Ndiaye (ASC<br \/>\nLinguere)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Defenders: Abdoulaye Ba (Academica Coimbra, Portugal),<br \/>\nJacques Faty (Sivasspor, Turkey), Papa Gueye (Metalist Kharkov,<br \/>\nUkraine), Kader Mangane (Stade Rennes, France), Cheikh Mbengue<br \/>\n(Toulouse, France), Pape Ndiaye Souare (Lille, France), Matar<br \/>\nThioune (Molde, Norway), Zarco Toure (Boulogne-sur-Mer, France)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Midfielders: Stephane Badji (Sandals, Norway), Mouhamed<br \/>\nDiame (Wigan Athletic, England), Ricardo Faty (PAOK Salonika,<br \/>\nGreece), Idrissa Gana Gueye (Lille, France), Cheikh Kouyate<br \/>\n(Anderlecht, Belgium), Ndiaye Deme Ndiaye (Arles Avignon,<br \/>\nFrance)<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAKAR Feb 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Demba Ba was among several high-profile casualties as Senegal kept just nine of the squad from the recent African Nations Cup finals for a friendly against South Africa in Durban on Feb. 29. 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