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Johannesburg - Led by star striker Sadio Mane, who also delivered the title-winning penalty, three Senegal representatives on Tuesday won the top individual player awards at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon).
Senegal’s players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2021 final football match between Senegal and Egypt at Stade d’Olembe in Yaounde on February 6, 2022. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
by Aminatou Diallo and Laurent Lozano
Your Liverpool morning digest for Tuesday, February 8.
Senegal football team arrived home on Monday after winning the Africa Cup of Nations, welcomed by hundreds of thousands of ecstatic and chanting fans, AFP journalists saw. Massive crowds of supporters descended on a military airport in the West African country's capital Dakar, blowing vuvuzelas and waving flags, to celebrate the victory. President Macky Sall was waiting at the airport to greet the returning players, who then paraded through thronged streets sitting on top of a bus, on their way to the presidential palace.
It was a day of celebration in Senegal after President Macky Sall declared a public holiday Monday to celebrate the national team's first Africa Cup of Nations title following their victory against Egypt.
Palmeiras manager Abel Ferreira has said that he does not see their second meeting with Egyptian side Al Ahly in 12 months as a revenge match.
Mohamed Salah is aiming for an immediate return to Premier League action in order to banish his AFCON heartache.