After Maya Yoshida claimed his 100th international appearance for Japan last week, Moussa Djenepo has continued the trend of impressing on the worldwide stage.
@MoussaDjenepo2 plays a starring role in Mali’s latest #AFCON qualifier. More: https://t.co/J0AJopY625
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) November 17, 2019
The Southampton attacker scored in Mali’s 2-0 win over Chad in the Eagles second qualifying game for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, taking Djenepo’s nation to joint-top of the group with Guinea.
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Whilst Djenepo has only managed five Premier League appearances as stats from Transfermarkt show, the 21-year-old attacker has been one of the few bright sparks for Southampton this season, helping the Saints to their two wins of the campaign and scoring the division’s Goal of the Month award in September for his stunning solo goal against Sheffield United.
And supporters on social media were glad to see Djenepo finding his feet again after a lengthy spell out with injury.
Here’s what some Southampton fans had to say about Djenepo’s match-winning performance for Mali on Twitter…
Our best player
— Issa N!ang’ (@issaniang11) November 17, 2019
@sanojb284 he’s coming in!
— Finlay smith (@Finlays64692251) November 18, 2019
As per
— pray to yoshida (@majesticmaya_) November 17, 2019
A brilliant goal.
— SIDIBE Sékou (@SupermanCheikh) November 18, 2019
Some supporters, though, questioned whether or not the 21-year-old attacker was playing at left-back or not for his country…
I take he wasn’t playing left back?
— chappeor (@chappeor) November 18, 2019
Was he playing left wing back??
— Alistair Downs (@saint_al1976) November 17, 2019
Djenepo could be back in the Southampton starting XI this weekend when the Saints off against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
