Abdoulaye Sarr (born 31 October 1951 in Senegal) is the former coach of the Senegal national team. (wikipedia)
Today our team did not play like our team should ... This was not the team I know. We'll have to work out our problems and try and take all three points from Nigeria.
Today our team did not play like our team should and Ghana were more motivated and that made the difference.
The three points will serve us really well for the rest of the competition. The road is long but it's clearer.
Now we are not considered favorites, but we fear nobody. We have no pressure on us. That is to say if we don't win, we lose everything. Egypt are improving steadily, are confident and will have the little matter of 74,000 people supporting them in an incredible atmosphere.
We came here to play a game worthy of a final. We came to win and we were prepared to win. We lost concentration briefly, but we regained the momentum.
It was a big relief to achieve our main objective of qualifying from this group.
The statistics do not reflect the quality of our play here as we continued to improve with each game. I?m satisfied with our performance at this tournament even though our target was to reach the final.
After the World Cup, the African Nations Cup in 2004, things definitely dipped.
We did not leave a good image on the field.
I'm very happy with the way my team played tonight. It was a tough game and we played on our nerves. It's difficult to play the home team at this stage of the tournament ... We were playing against a coach, his players and their fans.
