Bab Tiaw: Our coronation is evidence of the strength of Senegalese football

Pap Tiaw, coach of the Senegalese national football team, did not hide his great happiness with his team winning the African Championship title for local players at the expense of Algeria, the organizing country, with a penalty shootout 5/4, after the end of the original and extra time with a goalless draw, in the final match that was held yesterday evening at the stadium ” Nelson Mandela” in Algiers.

Tiao said, in the press conference after the match: “Praise be to God, we were crowned with the title of honor on the land of football and the country of football. I thank the Algerian people who were athletic until the last moment.” He added: “This is a great achievement for Senegalese football, after we won last year in the Cannes in Cameroon. Here we are crowned in Algeria. This is evidence of the status that Senegalese football has reached thanks to the great work of the Football Association and clubs.”

He continued, “We faced a strong Algerian team that did not concede any goals and scored many goals. We have a young team that knows how to deal with difficulties and suffering. The boys knew how to deal with difficult times in the final match, and they deserved to win the cup in the end.” Tiao noted the messages of support that the players received from their clubs and coaches, pointing out that they wanted to win the cup. One of the female journalists surprised Tiao, when she congratulated him on his birthday, and he interacted with her with great spontaneity in the manner of a musician, while she sang to him, “Happy Birthday, Tiao.”