Senegal’s football team has been given a hero’s welcome upon their return home after winning the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time.
The side defeated Egypt 4-2 on penalties in the final yesterday.
Tens of thousands of ecstatic fans celebrated the players’ return to Dakar, sitting on top of cars and dancing in the capital’s streets.
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President Macky Sall was among those greeting the team at the airport.
Players were transported inside and on top of a coach along a packed parade route to the centre of Dakar.
