The "Globe Soccer" awards account announced the ideal African team for 2020 on the social media platform "Twitter," which included 5 Arab players.
Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool forward, topped the lineup alongside Moroccans Hakim Ziyech and Achraf Hakimi, and Algerians Riyad Mahrez and Ramy Bensebaini. The ideal team also featured 3 players from Liverpool and 2 from Chelsea. The ideal formation is as follows:
- **Goalkeeper:** Senegalese Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)
- **Defense:** Moroccan Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan) - Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) - Cameroonian Joel Matip (Liverpool) - Algerian Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Monchengladbach)
- **Midfield:** Ghanaian Thomas Partey (Arsenal) - Ivorian Franck Kessié (Milan) - Algerian Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
- **Forward:** Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) - Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) - Senegalese Sadio Mané (Liverpool)
It is noteworthy that Mohamed Salah leads the Premier League top scorers' chart with 13 goals, just one goal ahead of South Korean Heung-min Son, the Tottenham Hotspur striker.
