{"id":571240,"date":"2026-03-29T03:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T03:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/571240\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T03:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T03:10:10","slug":"senegal-parades-africa-cup-of-nations-trophy-victory-over-peru-appeal-after-morocco-backflip-video-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/571240\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal parades Africa Cup of Nations trophy, victory over Peru, appeal after Morocco backflip, video, news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senegal on Saturday paraded the Africa Cup of Nations trophy they have been ordered to return<\/a> before beating Peru 2-0 in a friendly at the Stade de France in Paris.<\/p>\n

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on March 17 reversed Senegal\u2019s 1-0 final victory over Morocco in Rabat on January 18 and awarded a 3-0 victory to the hosts.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, in front of a crowd dominated by their supporters, Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly and his teammates came onto the pitch with the AFCON trophy for a lap of honour after a pre-match concert by Senegalese superstar Youssou N\u2019Dour.<\/p>\n

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Koulibaly and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy went up to the stadium\u2019s presidential box to place the trophy there in front of Abdoulaye Fall, the president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), among others.<\/p>\n

Senegal played in shirts with two stars: one for their first African title in 2021 and the second one for their disputed January victory.<\/p>\n

While the squad was almost identical to the one that played in Morocco, Senegal rested Koulibaly, Mendy, Sadio Mane and Iliman Ndiaye, who were not even on the bench.<\/p>\n

They still outplayed a modest Peru team. Nicolas Jackson scored in the first half and Ismaila Sarr in the second.<\/p>\n

In January, the AFCON final descended into chaos when Senegal players walked off in protest after the hosts were awarded a penalty late in second-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n

Senegal players celebrate with the Africa Cup of Nations trophy. AP Photo\/Aurelien MorissardSource: AP<\/p>\n

The players were coaxed back onto the pitch by captain Mane. After Morocco\u2019s Brahim Diaz missed the penalty, Pape Gueye scored in extra time to gave Senegal a 1-0 victory.<\/p>\n

CAF ruled that Senegal\u2019s players had broken the rules by leaving the field without the referee\u2019s permission.<\/p>\n

The FSF lodged an appeal against the CAF decision<\/a> with the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday and has not given up on keeping the title.<\/p>\n

Before the game, nearly 200 Senegal supporters gathered in front of the nearby Basilica of Saint-Denis before making their way to the Stade de France to the sound of traditional drums and percussion.<\/p>\n

Bally Bagayoko, the new-elected mayor of Saint-Denis, briefly joined the procession.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome to Saint-Denis,\u201d said the mayor.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to thank everyone who organised this wonderful initiative.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are the pride of the residents of working-class neighbourhoods. We have often been discriminated against, often looked down upon.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are showing that you are capable, at such an important moment, of coming together. Today, Africa is united. Everyone behind Senegal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The friendly against Peru was the Lions of Teranga\u2019s first match since the Rabat final.<\/p>\n

They are preparing for the World Cup where they are in a strong group with France, Norway and either Iraq or Peru\u2019s neighbours Bolivia.<\/p>\n

Peru finished ninth in the ten-team South American group and did not qualify for the summer\u2019s finals in Mexico, Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senegal on Saturday paraded the Africa Cup of Nations trophy they have been ordered to return before beating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-571240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}