“Senegal will beat England”

Regis Bogaertassistant coach of Senegaloffered a press conference before the round of 16 match against England instead Aliou Cissefirst coach, who “has been ill for two days although he will definitely attend the game”.

The assistant of Cisse, Regis Bogaert He was in charge of media attendance in the run-up to the round of 16 clash against the English team. “cisse he is not good. He has been sick for two days. We hope to see him in team training but I am sure that, in any case, he will go to the game with the players,” he said.

Senegal He is playing his third final at a World Cup, the second in a row after Russia 2018 where he did not go past the first stage. Now, in Qatar, he intends to equal, at least, the best paper in his history, obtained in Korea and Japan in 2002 where he reached the quarterfinals.

“Win it England It will be a great achievement, something historic. I don’t know how important or how 2002 was experienced when they beat Sweden in the round of 16, although I think it was very important. For our players it will be the same. If they win, something historic”, analyzed Bogart.

In 2002, Turkey pushed the African team from the semifinals. “We worked a lot on the evolution and on what scenario we will see in the game. We know that in the last fifteen minutes some teams took more risks and we must take advantage of it. The important thing is concentration”, highlighted the second Senegalese coach.

Bogart enhanced the momentum of African football. “It is important that Cameroon beat Brazil and Tunisia beat France. And for our part, the message is to say that Senegal will beat England. We must have the ambition to win everyone,” he stressed.

The second coach of Senegal ruled the Nottingham Forest midfielder against England Cheikhou Kouyate “still in the recovery phase” but revealed the fitness of Betis defenders Youssouf Sabaly and Nampalys Mendy, from Leicester, have recovered from their physical setbacks.