{"id":11030,"date":"2011-12-11T20:41:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T20:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/nigerias-lawal-makes-caf-u23-xi\/"},"modified":"2011-12-11T20:41:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T20:41:53","slug":"nigerias-lawal-makes-caf-u23-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/11\/nigerias-lawal-makes-caf-u23-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria’s Lawal makes CAF U23 XI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hat-trick hero for Nigeria against Algeria, Raheem Lawal has been selected by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in the best XI of the just-ended U23 Championship in Morocco.
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Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has already revealed that Spain-based midfielder Lawal has caught his eye after his five-star display against Algeria.
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The other Nigerian player picked was striker Daniel Uchechi, who was one of\u00a010 substitutes.
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Nigeria failed to go past the group phase of the tournament, which produced three of Africa\u2019s automatic qualifiers for next year\u2019s summer Olympics in London \u2013 Gabon, Morocco and Egypt.
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Senegal will battle an Asian team for an additional slot in April.
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Surprise winners Gabon, who upstaged Morocco in the championship game Saturday, also had Nenet in the best XI that was dominated by players from Egypt and Morocco.
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CAF U23 Championship Best XI:
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1. EL SHENAWI (16 Egypt)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0KARK ( 2 Cote d\u2019Ivoire)<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MOAZ ( 5 Egypt)<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0NENET (5 Gabon)<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ZAKARYA (6 Morocco)<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SAMEEHG ( 7 South Africa)<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0HOSSAM HASSAN ( 14 Egypt)<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BARRADA (4 Morocco)<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LAWAL ( 8 Nigeria)<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SANE (7 Senegal) \u00a0<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0MOKHTAR ( 14 Morocco)
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Substitutes:<\/p>\n

(16) SEN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 OUSMANE<\/p>\n

\u00a0(06)\u00a0EGYPT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HEGAZI<\/p>\n

(10) EGYPT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MOHAMED SALAH<\/p>\n

(07) GABON\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ALLEN<\/p>\n

(08) Cote d\u2019Ivoire\u00a0\u00a0 KOUASSI<\/p>\n

(14) Cote d\u2019Ivoire\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SERI<\/p>\n

(07) MOR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SOUFIANE<\/p>\n

(19) MOR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ANANE<\/p>\n

(07) NGR\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DANIEL UCHECHI \u00a0<\/p>\n

(10) ALG\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CHALALI MOHAMED
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