During a recent press conference held by Pape Thiaw and Idrissa Gueye at the Stade de France, on the eve of their friendly match against Peru, the Senegalese national team demonstrably ignored the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) decision to declare them losers by forfeit in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final. In a clear act of defiance, the signs displayed in the press room continued to unequivocally proclaim the Lions of Teranga as the ‘champions of Africa’.
