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Aliou Cisse: “We must remain focused”

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Senegal coach, Aliou Cisse expressed his happiness with his side’s results against Cameroon on Friday. 

The Teranga Lions beat the Indomitable Lions by 3-1 to book a ticket to the Round of 16 of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d'Ivoire 2023.

The Senegalese team achieved its second consecutive victory in the competition, which allowed them to raise their points tally to 6 and top the group. 
“I congratulate the players because they played a great match. They respected my instructions and all the advice that I gave them,” said Cisse. 
“There is the last match against Guinea in the round. We must remain focused. We have played two matches in the competition so far, and there are 5 remaining in order to reach the stated goal.” 
 He stressed the need to keep the focus high. Senegal will face Guinea in their last group game.