More problems for Francesc Xavier García Pimienta, UD Las Palmas coach who saw his team eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Tenerife on Sunday in what was, in all likelihood, the Canary Islands team’s weakest match so far this season.
Late on Tuesday, the island team announced the emergency call-up for its player. Nuke Mfulu for misunderstanding Africa Cup. The national coach of Democratic Republic of the Congo He called the midfielder, who was initially removed by the coach when the final call was facilitated, whose submission period closed on January 3.
The Africa Cup starts in Ivory Coast on January 13 and Congo is in Group F, including Morocco, Zambia and Tanzania.
The call to Mfulu, according to the Congolese media, is due to the injury he is suffering Edo Kayembe and that could certainly separate him from the top African continental competition.
Mfulu, in this way, will miss the next matches in Las Palmas, match Villarreal and Vallecano Rayand could also cause a drop, depending on Congo’s role in the Africa Cup, against Real Madrid.
So far this season, Mfulu has featured in five League matches, in total 77 minutes on the field of play, with common ownership. His association with the Congo call reached 34 the number of football players playing in the Spanish teams present in the African competition.
Source: La Verdad
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