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#CHAN: Nigeria’s Eze, Ojo Make Tournament Best XI [See full list]

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The organizers of the recently concluded African Nations Championship (CHAN), 2018 Morocco, have released the tournament’s best eleven.

Two players from the home-based Super Eagles team made it to the tournament’s best XI.

The two stand-out players from the Nigerian team are defender, Stephen Eze and midfielder, Dayo Ojo, who scored some of the best goals at the CHAN tournament.

The tournament sensation, Ayoub El Kaabi, was adjudged the best player of the competition. The RS Berkane striker also finished top scorer after netting nine goals in six games. He also had a place in the team of the tournament.

The host nation, Morocco, defeated Nigeria 4-0 in the final to win the competition.

Below are the best XI:

Goalkeeper: Akram El Hadi (Sudan)

Defenders: Omer Suliman (Sudan), Stephen Eze (Nigeria), Badr Benoun

Midfielders: Dayo Ojo (Nigeria), Walid El Karti (Morocco), Salaheddine Saidi (Morocco), Zakaria Hadraf (Morocco), Abdulrahman Ramadhan (Libya)

Forwards: Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco), Saleh Taher (Libya)

Substitutes:

Anas Zniti (Morocco), Sand Masaud (Libya), Vladimir Antonio (Angola), Bader Hasan (Libya), Augustine Mulenga (Zambia), Saifeldin Bakhit (Sudan), Ismail El Haddad (Morocco)

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