Cape Verde has kept its hopes alive for qualifying in the play-offs of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, thanks to FIFA’s decision to withdraw points from Equatorial Guinea. The Blue Sharks face a challenging task in securing a win against Tunisia on September 7 in Radès to advance.
Despite the difficulty, coach Lucio Antunes and his team remain optimistic. The squad selected to face the Carthage Eagles next month has some notable inclusions and exclusions. Odair Fortes, who recently scored a goal for Reims in France, is notably absent. However, Lille’s Ryan Mendes makes a return after recovering from injury.
Here is the selected squad:
Goalkeepers:
- Fock (Batuque FC/Cape Verde)
- Vozinha (Progresso/Angola)
Defenders:
- Carlitos (AEL Limasol/Cyprus)
- Stopira (Videoton/Hungary)
- Kay (Belenenses/Portugal)
- Fernando Varela (FC Vaslui/Romania)
- Nivaldo (Teplice/Czech Republic)
- Gegé (Marítimo/Portugal)
Midfielders:
- Babanco (Estoril/Portugal)
- Marco Soares (Omonia/Cyprus)
- Calú (Progresso/Angola)
- Platini (Omonia/Cyprus)
- Toni Varela (Sparta Rotterdam/Netherlands)
- Sidnei (Recreativo Libolo/Angola)
Forwards:
- Ryan Mendes (Lille/France)
- Brito (Gil Vicente/Portugal)
- Heldon (Marítimo/Portugal)
- Garry Rodrigues (Levski Sofia/Bulgaria)
- Júlio Tavares (Dijon/France)
- Djaniny (Nacional/Portugal)
