Super Eagles winger Moses Simon has made the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Best XI of the group stage according to football statistics website Whoscored.com.
The Nantes forward has been in sensational form at the tournament and has scored one goal with an assist to boost for teammate Samuel Chukwueze in the 3-1 win over Sudan on January 19.
Nigeria topped Group D with maximum nine points in three matches and will face Tunisia in the Round – of – 16 on Sunday evening.
Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal have two players each in Whoscored’s Best XI while one player from Nigeria (Simon), Cameroon, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Morocco and Tunisia.
In a 4-4-2 formation, Simon is deployed as an attacking midfielder with Ivory Coast’s Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), Morocco’s Sofiane Boufal (SCO Angers) and Ivory Coast’s Ibrahim Sangaré (PSV Eindhoven) completing the midfield four.
Kamara (Sierra Leone) starts in Whoscored.com’s goal and the back four contains Bouna Sarr (Senegal), Pape Abou Cisse (Senegal), Mustafa Karshoum (Sudan) and Nouhou Tolo (Cameroon), and the attackers are Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) and Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia).
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