Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly believes the fact his team represent Africa’s last World Cup hope should motivate the players rather than increase the pressure going into their final game in Group H against Colombia.
It is just Senegal’s second appearance at the tournament, after reaching the quarter-finals on their debut in 2002, and they need a point on Thursday to secure a place in the last 16.
Aliou Cisse’s side will attempt to succeed where the rest of their continental rivals failed, with Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia all set to bow out after the group phase.
“I think it should be more of a positive thing rather than pressure,” Napoli centre-back Koulibaly told reporters on Wednesday.
“We know we have the whole continent behind us. They’re all going to support us and we know we can do it.”
“We know we already have 15 million Senegalese behind us and…
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