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AFCON 2027: Pape Alassane Guèye suspended for Senegal-Sudan

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Senegalese midfielder Pape Alassane Guèye is suspended for accumulating yellow cards and will miss Thursday’s Senegal-Sudan match, the second day of the AFCON 2027 qualifiers, at Léopold-Sédar-Senghor Stadium in Dakar. He was booked against Mozambique and then Ethiopia, reports Senego.

Senegalese midfielder Pape Alassane Guèye will miss Thursday’s Senegal-Sudan match, scheduled for 7pm at Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium in Dakar, on the second day of the AFCON 2027 qualifiers. He is suspended after receiving a yellow card in each of the first two matches, against Mozambique and then Ethiopia, according to Senego.

His absence leaves the Senegal Lions without their midfielder for this AFCON 2027 qualifying match. The Senegalese team had trained in Diamniadio ahead of the fixture, according to information published by Senego.

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