2026 World Cup - Senegal: Pape Thiaw torn apart by the press

01.07.26 AET World Cup

Belgium

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Senegal

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With a two-goal lead in the 85th minute, Senegal suffered a dramatic turnaround at the end of the match and ultimately fell to Belgium in extra time (2-3, a.e.t.) in the round of 32 of this 2026 World Cup.

Back home in the land of the Lions of Teranga, the press has shown no mercy to Pape Thiaw since this humiliating elimination. The coach has been branded a "nightmare coach" by the newspaper Le Soleil.

Senegalese journalists have slammed the former striker's "disastrous and dramatic decisions", according to Libération Sénégal. "How the coach handed qualification to Belgium," headlines Yoor-Yoor, who claims "the dagger in the 120th minute bears the exclusive signature of Pape Thiaw."

Many fellow reporters are even calling for his resignation, like L'OBS, whose front page is boldly emblazoned with a massive "Pape, Ciao!"

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