Beaten 1-0 this Monday by Ghana on the 2ᵉ day of the African Cup of Nations U20, Senegal saw its hopes of qualification complicated. After the meeting, the coach Serigne Saliou Dia expressed himself with regret on the turn of the match.
« It’s just with regrets. It is a match where this is the goal that made the difference between the two teams. It is true that we had in front of us a very beautiful team from Ghana, who had to play during the African Games. But I think we have made very beautiful video sessions, on the offensive level and everything. Their goal was to play very long. They did not try to build. It was up to us to go back. Unfortunately, on a second ball, there was a defensive fault. We take a goal. It’s a shame for us, because we really had the opportunity to do something in this match. It was a match where you could perhaps go out with at least one draw. But, as we say in football, that’s how“, He admitted.
Despite this disappointment, the coach remains convinced that his team had arms to do better: ” It is now up to us to work, to continue to hope to have qualification in the future. It’s bitter, because it’s a goal that comes from nowhere. When we see the number of opportunities created, I think there was almost not between the two teams. They stood very close. It is true that you have to recognize a great team, which has a lot of experience, with players perhaps more mature than ours. When compared, they are more mature. That, you have to dare to say it. But we had to play our game, we knew how to prevent them from playing in depth. Unfortunately, this goal hurt us. As I said sometimes, it is a defense fault. It is very bitter, because we had the possibility, once again, to make a good result and to hope until the last match, “he adds.
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