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Already qualified for the final phase of CAN 2025, Senegal faces Burundi this Tuesday at the Abdoulaye Wade stadium as part of the 6e and last day of qualifying. Now assured of finishing in first place in Group L, after the second setback conceded by Burkina Faso against Malawi (3-0) yesterday, Monday November 18, 2024, in Lilongwe, the Lions will play without pressure. But this reunion with the public will be an opportunity for Pape Thiaw’s team to preserve its invincibility and to finish in style with a beautiful communion with the public.
Senegal returns this Tuesday, November 19 to its audience at the Abdoulaye Wade stadium, to play against Burundi, its last match in the CAN 2025 qualifiers. After having won, early, the qualification and seizing first place in group L , the Lions will be without pressure when it comes time to face their last opponents in Pool L. The Senegal team will nonetheless play hard in this final meeting. A way to maintain its invincibility and above all to gain more confidence in view of the next events, in particular the Moroccan CAN and the qualifications for the 2026 World Cup which resume in March 2025. In this momentum, the coach Pape Thiaw will also have a good opportunity to have more certainty about his group that he inherited since October.
It will first be a question of refining its tactical options while awaiting the choice of players who will be selected for the final phases of the CAN which are approaching shortly. On a personal level, interim Pape Thiaw will take the challenge of finishing the job and retaining and proving that he has the abilities required to lead the Senegal team. The positive result will be just as valuable for Kalidou Koulibaly’s gang, who will be keen to preserve their invincibility in these qualifiers with a fourth victory in a row. Which will undoubtedly have an impact on the Fifa ranking and on the choice of hats for the next draw for the continental meeting.
However, this reunion with the Burundians will not be a simple pleasure. During the first leg Sadio Mané have already taken the measure of the opponent. The Lions had to fight hard to overcome this eye-catching formation during the 2nd day of Group L of the qualifiers. It should be noted that the Burundian Football Federation cried scandal and contested Senegal’s victory (0-1). She did not hesitate to file a complaint to condemn the Egyptian referee’s decision to whistle the penalty. She believed that there was no contact between Aruna Mussa and Sadio Mané. Whatever happens, this meeting will have the appearance of communion between the supporters who will want to help his team finish in style while waiting for the campaign in the Cherifian kingdom.
It should be remembered that after a request from the Senegalese Football Federation to the African Football Confederation, this meeting, initially scheduled for November 17, was postponed by one day taking into account the legislative elections in order to ensure good conditions. security.
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