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Injured Ivory Coast goalkeeper Abdoul Karim Cisse to miss Afcon

Abdoul Karim Cisse was included in Kamara’s 27-man preliminary squad but he has now withdrawn after national team doctors assessed him at their training camp in Chantilly, France.

The keeper's situation was summed up in a letter addressed to ASEC by the Ivorian Football Federation.

"Abdoul Karim, selected for the preparation of the Afcon 2019, arrived in Chantilly on 30 May from Abidjan," the letter indicated.

"However, following the injury he contracted at his club on April 28th during the semi-finals of the Ivorian Cup, the national team's medical staff deemed it necessary to carry out the usual medical check before the start of the training camp.