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Aliou Cissé, Senegal’s 2002 World Cup hero ‘under great pressure’ to lead them to glory

Perennially tipped to win the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) before falling near the finish line in 2019, Senegal are hoping they will finally fulfil their promise at this year’s African football bonanza in Cameroon. Senegalese fans’ high hopes are piling pressure on the manager, former 2002 World Cup star Aliou Cissé. FRANCE 24 takes a look back at Cissé’s rich career as both player and coach.

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Euro 2024: Georgia, Ukraine and Poland all heading to competition after respective wins

Ukraine found another late winning goal in another comeback win. Georgia and Poland held their nerve in penalty shootouts. All are going to the European Championship.

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France breathe sigh of relief after beating Chile in friendly

Olivier Giroud was among the scorers as France recovered from the loss of another early goal to claim a 3-2 friendly win over Chile at the Vélodrome in Marseille on Tuesday.

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Wirtz scores Germany’s fastest ever goal as visitors stun France in Lyon

Florian Wirtz grabbed his first international goal with a strike that will go down in the history books as his Germany side beat France 2-0 in an international friendly on Saturday.

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