An explosion of intense joy for a team at the top of Africa.
From Dakar to the Champs-Élysées, via the Old Port of Marseille, the supporters celebrated with great fanfare the victory of the Senegalese "Lions" against Egypt.
By winning the final after a tense penalty shootout on Sunday February 6, Senegal won the first CAN in its history.
"We've been waiting for this victory for years and years," shouts a supporter in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
A crowd of jubilant people gathered on the avenue Sunday evening after the match, celebrating the event with fireworks, honking and singing.
A joy shared by the Senegalese supporters, thousands of kilometers away: “We are very proud of our team, we have been in the finals twice and there… really congratulations to the team!
exclaims a man dressed in a football shirt in the colors of the "Lions" in the streets of Dakar.
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“We dedicate this victory to the Senegalese people because since independence until now, we have been running behind this first star.
Today on our jersey we will have a star too, ”comments Aliou Cissé, coach of the Senegal team.
“It was long, it was difficult, complicated at times, but we never gave up (…) We had our highlight right at the start of this meeting.
We had this penalty that we missed, but we had other opportunities too.
Unfortunately, we have not been able to implement them.
After the match was balanced in the second period, but the boys never gave up, I think that really proves the mentality of this generation, ”he analyzes.
Following his country's victory, the Senegalese president decreed that Monday, February 7 would be a "holiday,
In Paris, demonstrations of joy by supporters were interspersed with a few incidents.
Projectiles and mortar fire were launched at the security forces who used tear gas.
Businesses were slightly damaged.
