Everyone knows we are the champions of Africa,” Thiaw told reporters at a press conference in Paris, ahead of his team’s friendly meeting with Peru on Saturday at the Stade de France. The Peru match will also be their first outing since the Cup of Nations final against Morocco in Rabat on January 18. As a result, it declared that Senegal had forfeited the match, turning its 1-0 victory into a 3-0 defeat, making Morocco the champions instead. “We deserved to be champions of Africa on the pitch and we will try to do the same thing off it,” said Senegal captain Idrissa Gana Gueye on Friday. Gueye was also part of the Senegal team which won the Cup of Nations title for the first time at the 2022 edition in Cameroon.

Source: Punch March 27, 2026 18:21 UTC