Dakar, Dec 16 (APS) – Senegalese international footballers Ismaila Sarr and Abdallah Sima found the net again, each signing a double this weekend in their respective championships, while Pape Matar Sarr, Nicolas Jackson and Habib Diarra also scored goals for their clubs.
Highly criticized by Senegalese supporters for his lack of efficiency in the national team, Ismaila Sarr from Crystal Palace (England) responded in the most beautiful way by scoring a double against Brighton (33rd and 82nd) plus an assist on the goal of the Englishman Trevoh Chalobah (27e).
The player trained at Génération Foot scored his third goal of the season, during this match on the sixteenth day of the Premier League won by his team (3-1). The Lions striker scored his first goal with Crystal Palace (15th) during the 12th day against Aston Villa (2-2).
On September 9, 2024, Sarr, a former Olympique de Marseille player, scored the winning goal against Burundi on a penalty, during the second day of the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. is also his last goal with the national team.
He played every day of these qualifiers, except the last, against Burundi in Dakar, November 19, 2024. The former Watford (England) player was on the bench. Senegal won (2-0).
Since the start of his career in 2016, the footballer who played for Stade Rennais has scored fourteen goals with Senegal, in 68 caps.
His Premier League compatriots, Pape Matar Sarr from Tottenham (11th) and Nicolas Jackson from Chelsea were also scorers.
Sarr scored his team’s fourth goal in the big victory against Southampton (5-0). The Lions midfielder scores his first league goal, his fourth in all competitions.
Jackson, for his part, ensured a valuable victory for his club against Brentford (2-1). The Senegalese scored the second goal of the match in the 80the min. Rested in the Conference League this week, the 23-year-old is making his ninth goal of the season. With 34 points, his team is now two points behind the leader, Liverpool (36) and a game in hand.
Idrissa Gana Gueye and Iliman Ndiaye from Everton (16th) held Arsenal in check (0-0), which occupies third place in the general ranking of the English championship.
The other Senegalese to have distinguished himself in French Ligue 1 is Abdallah Sima from Brest (11e). He scored twice against Nantes on Sunday. The striker scored his goals at the end of the match (88th and 93rd). He strongly contributed to the great success of his team (4-1).
Sima scores his third league goal, his sixth in all competitions.
Triple scorer with Senegal during the last two days of the CAN 2025 qualifiers against Burkina Faso (1-0) and Burundi (2-0), Habib Diarra scored with Strasbourg (13th), during the success against Le Havre (3-0) where the Senegalese Arouna Sangante, Issa Soumare (injured) and Rassoul Ndiaye are playing.
In French Ligue 2, Sambou Soumano from Lorient and Pape Meissa Ba from Grenoble are scorers. Silent for several days, Ba scored his 10th goal of the season.
In the Turkish Super Lig, Basaksehir’s Senegalese defender Ousseynou Ba received a red card in the 46the minutes of the first half of the match against Fenerbahce. His team lost, 3-1, during this sixteenth day.
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