Senegal is an African nation that has proven to be different from the five African teams that lost in their first round.
Their case is unique for a reason.
With no fanfare, colourful jersey and embellished advertisements, the teams showed that coordination and resilience are ingredients to a successful outcome.
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What is more?
Out of the 32 teams (including the four other African countries) playing to clinch the World Cup, Senegal is the only country with a black coach.
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42-year-old Aliou Cisse is the youngest coach at Russia and has distinguished his team as having the resilient spirit of the African man.
After the win which ended in 2-1 victory against Poland African from different nations took to social platform Twitter to react:
#POLSEN
Africans countries taking note from Senegal on how to win a world cup match pic.twitter.com/hPMvqnDncDโ Master (@alinific17) June 19, 2018
Mood#POLSEN #SEN #CM2018 pic.twitter.com/FyJn0DBa58
โ Senegal Football๐ธ๐ณ (@SenegalFootball) June 19, 2018
That SWAG…that Dance Move….that celebration….is everything we love about Senegal & Africa… #POLSEN pic.twitter.com/YNiVZNIIe3
โ Boring… (@graphicalcomic) June 19, 2018
#POLSEN Senegal should be the giant of Africa while Nigeria the parrot of Africa.๐๐คฃ๐คฃ #WorldCup #WorldCup2018 #SENPOL
โ Joshua Igbokwe (@joshua_igbokwe) June 19, 2018
#Nigeria celebrating the Senegal win in solidarity with #Africa like…๐๐๐#WorldCup #POLSEN #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/DiILLaMquY
โ Ciku ๐ฐ๐ช (@Ciku_Muriithi) June 19, 2018
Meanwhile Nigeria spent a fortune on a jersey, they thought this was a slaying competition. #POLSEN #WorldCup
โ The Fresh Prince Of Chitown๐ฟ๐ผ (@ShadayaTawona25) June 19, 2018
Who else is migrating to Senegal? ๐ #POLSEN pic.twitter.com/rnM3enI3nV
โ Yemi of Lagos (@Yemmylosophy) June 19, 2018
Moral of the story African teams must employ African coaches like Senegal. Stop undermining African leadership like Nigeria #POLSEN pic.twitter.com/PhQISbpVgs
โ EFF – Superior Logicโ๐พ (@EFFexplained) June 19, 2018
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