- The players and the coaching staff will each receive 50 million CFA francs (about 76,000 euros), a plot of 200 square meters in Dakar and a plot of 500 square meters in Diamniadio.
The players and the coaching staff will each receive 50 million CFA francs (about 76,000 euros), a plot of 200 square meters in Dakar and a plot of 500 square meters in Diamniadio, said Macky Sall, president of Senegal.
The president of Senegal, Macky Sall , has awarded money and land to the soccer players and the coaching staff of the national team that won the 2021 African Cup of Nations last Sunday , the Presidency of the African country reported on Wednesday.
“The players and the coaching staff will each receive 50 million CFA francs (about 76,000 euros), a plot of 200 square meters in Dakar and a plot of 500 square meters in Diamniadio”, a new city under construction some 30 kilometers from the capital, reported the Presidency on its Twitter account.
Sall also decorated the members of the Senegalese delegation at the Africa Cup of Nations , which was held in Cameroon , with the National Order of the Lion , the highest distinction in this West African country .
The president honored the players and coaching staff at a ceremony held late Tuesday at the presidential palace in Dakar .
“I entrusted you with a mission. You came back with the cup. You owe this cup to your personal qualities,” said the Head of State, highlighting the “explosion of joy” that the historic achievement of the title has meant for Senegal.
“By your life force and your creative genius, you have reversed the course of history,” said el Sall , standing on a dais next to the Africa Cup of Nations trophy .
Thousands of people took to the streets of Dakar on Monday to celebrate the arrival of the Senegalese soccer team after winning the long-awaited cup for the first time in its history.
After the historic victory of the “Leones de la Teranga” -as the national team is popularly known-, President Sall decreed Monday as a holiday for the enjoyment of the entire population.
Celebrations of the fans with the players of the Senegal team who toured the streets mounted on the roof of the bus
The “Lions” beat Egypt , the most successful team in the tournament, in the final.
After finishing the ninety minutes and extra time with a zero draw at Yaoundé’s D’Olembé stadium , Liverpool star Sadio Mané won the penalty shootout with a definitive shot.
In this way, Senegal broke its curse after having lost two previous African Cup of Nations finals : with Cameroon in the Mali edition in 2002 and against Algeria in Egypt in 2019.