Joyous crowds celebrated in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Tuesday as cheers and car horns rang out in gridlocked streets after the West African country qualified to the knockout stage of the World Cup in Qatar with a 2-1 victory over Ecuador. READ:
“Immense! What a match! What players!” Senegal President Macky Sall said on Twitter. “Now go and touch the stars.”
“It is joy… We have done it,” screamed supporter Youssouf Niang. “It was so stressful after they equalized, but this is deliverance,” he exclaimed. Senegal has played in three World Cups including the current one and is one of five African teams taking part in Qatar. Manager Alioune Cisse also coached his country at the last World Cup in Russia, when they were eliminated at group stage against Japan on fair play points.
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