{"id":22118,"date":"2011-12-27T12:03:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T12:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/africa-taiwo-makes-caf-all-star-squad\/"},"modified":"2011-12-27T12:03:27","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T12:03:27","slug":"africa-taiwo-makes-caf-all-star-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/27\/africa-taiwo-makes-caf-all-star-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa: Taiwo Makes CAF All Star Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdaylive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/thisday180.jpg\" alt=\"This Day (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit This Day (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>25 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>CAF has announced its 2011 All Star team and the only Nigerian to be named on it is AC Milan&#8217;s Taye Taiwo. Taiwo who after an initial slow start has come on strong.<\/p>\n<p>Just days a go he was singled out for praise by his Coach Massimiliano Allegri.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old had earned rave reviews after his composed performance against Siena at the San Siro on December 17 and Allegri was quick to commend the former Lobi Stars&#8217; man after another accomplished showing in the shirt of the champions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has improved a lot. He has some problems when he first came from Marseille and was not playing. &#8220;He also had injury problems too but he has now started to play at a very good level,&#8221; Allegri submitted.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the team named in Accra is Samir Aboud (Libya), Harrison Afful (Ghana), Banana Yaya (Cameroon), Ayoub Eikhiqi (Morocco), Seydou Keita (Mali), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana) Yaya Toure (Cote d&#8217;Ivoire), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Moussa Sow (Senegal) and Cameroonian Samuel Eto&#8217;o.<\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 25 December 2011 CAF has announced its 2011 All Star team and the only Nigerian to be named on it is AC Milan&#8217;s Taye Taiwo. Taiwo who after an initial slow start has come on strong. 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