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Equatorial Guinea calls up 25 players against Zimbabwe

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Equatorial Guinea coach Vincenzo Alberto Annese has selected 25 players for the two matches against Zimbabwe during the next international window. Jesús Lázaro Owono and Omar Mascarell are absent, while Luis Miguel Nlavo and Carlos Akapo are among four recalled players, reports Real Equatorial Guinea.

Equatorial Guinea coach Vincenzo Alberto Annese has called up 25 players for the two matches against Zimbabwe scheduled during the next FIFA international window, reports Real Equatorial Guinea. The list includes three goalkeepers, eight defenders, seven midfielders and seven forwards or wingers.

Goalkeeper Jesús Lázaro Owono and midfielder Omar Mascarell are not among those selected. Manuel Sapunga, Marcos Luis Ondo and Miguel Ángel Óscar Eyama Mangue are the three goalkeepers included, according to Real Equatorial Guinea.

Forward Luis Miguel Nlavo, who plays for Shanghai Shenhua in China, returns to the squad, as does defender Carlos Akapo, who plays for Johor Darul Ta'zim in Malaysia. Forwards José Nabil Ondó, of Leiria UD in Portugal, and Josete Boacho Miranda, of Kalamata in Greece, have also been recalled.

Equatorial Guinea will host Zimbabwe in Bata on 12 November for the first match of this international double-header, reports Real Equatorial Guinea.

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