The Sunday Mail
Mugove Chigada in FRANCEVILLE, Gabon
SENEGAL star Mame Biram Diouf hailed Tatenda Mukuruva as a great goalkeeper after the Warriors number one put up a top drawer show in Zimbabwe’s 0-2 defeat in Franceville last Thursday. “In the beginning Zimbabwe yes they were solid, but when we scored two goals they started to come out and leave a lot of space for us.
“It was good for us, then we missed a lot of chances because they have a great goalkeeper. I don’t know what happened but we just have to go and work on that one (finishing),” said the Stoke City player.
Despite having already booked their place in the last eight, Diouf insisted that the Lions of Terenga will be out to beat Algeria in their last group match.
If Senegal avoid defeat and the Warriors beat Tunisia, Kallisto Pasuwa’s men will also qualify for the quarter finals.
“None of the games we will play will be easy but for us we just have to go game by game.
“Our next game is Algeria and we just need to keep going and keep trying our best.
“It is always hard. Today you play Tunisia and tomorrow you play a different team. We had good defensive show and we just have to go and keep the good record,” said Diouf.
Senegal coach Aliou Cisse said they will not be resting players for the Algeria game.
“The objective remains the same. We came here to win matches. This is a match involving great teams and you can expect a great match. We are going to use our great players,” said Cisse.
Yesterday, the Warriors were expected to hold their training in the evening in Libreville with Pasuwa having called on the team’s senior players to lead from the front.
“It is very important that we try to be more competitive in our last game. We have played two matches so far and we have seen our weaknesses and strengths. We will try to improve so that we go there against Tunisia and try to collect maximum points.
“There are senior players in the team and I will be expecting them to try and motivate the boys,” he said.
