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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Despite his team\u2019s defeat versus the Netherlands, the Senegal captain was happy to see Africans united in their support for the continental champions at Qatar 2022.<\/p>\n

On the pitch, the Senegal players gave their all and never stopped running until the final whistle sounded. In the stands, their fans took a similar approach, playing the drums, dancing and singing for the entire 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

And while the men on the pitch were unable to turn their slightly higher number of chances into a positive result in Monday\u2019s 2-0 loss \u2013 featuring two late goals \u2013 at the hands of the Netherlands at Al Thumama Stadium, their entertaining supporters certainly made an impression.<\/p>\n

After taking over the eye-catching arena\u2019s esplanade three hours before the kick-off to their country\u2019s first match at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM, the fans of the Lions of Teranga, dressed in green, yellow and red, mixed amiably with their Oranje counterparts \u2013 also striking in their bright colours \u2013 as well as with supporters from all over the world: Argentinians, Germans, and Brazilians, and other Africans, of course.<\/p>\n

Just outside the stadium, FIFA+ came across a group of visitors waving Senegalese, Moroccan and Tunisian flags together. \u201cWe met here,\u201d one of them responded when asked how they knew each other.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time that supporters of different African countries have shown solidarity with each other in Qatar. Strolling through the alleyways of Souk Waqif in Doha, it is not uncommon to see Moroccan, Ghanaian, Cameroonian, Tunisian and even Algerian flags displayed alongside each other.<\/p>\n

Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly was able to appreciate this atmosphere of fraternity, in spite of the defeat by the Dutch. \u201cIt\u2019s brilliant to have such strong backing,\u201d the Chelsea defender told FIFA+.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew that we would have a lot of African fans behind us on account of us being Cup of Nations winners, and by having proved that we\u2019re a good team.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIn fact, I\u2019m calling on all Africans to come together, because that\u2019s how we\u2019re going to move forward. We support all the African teams and I think they support us too.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s really nice. We heard the fans throughout the match \u2013 we\u2019re going to need them for the upcoming games. \u201d Ismail Jakobs, born to a Senegalese father and a German mother, shared his captain\u2019s views.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was fantastic,\u201d said the 23-year-old Monaco star, who is competing in his first-ever World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe heard them during the warm-up, and it was my first time in front of them, so it was great. It\u2019s also nice to see all of Africa standing shoulder to shoulder like that. \u201d<\/p>\n

These scenes of unity and togetherness are likely to be repeated as other African teams enter the competition: Tunisia, on Tuesday 22 November (against Denmark), Morocco, on Wednesday 23 (against Croatia), Cameroon, on Thursday 24 (against Switzerland) and Ghana, also on Thursday (against Portugal). The African fans in the stands have set the tone in Qatar, and it will be up to the players to follow suit.<\/p>\n

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