'Touch the stars' - Joy in Senegal as team reach World Cup last 16

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DAKAR (Reuters) - Joyous crowds celebrated in Senegal's capital Dakar on Tuesday as cheers and car horns rang out in gridlocked streets after the West African country qualified to the knockout stage of the World Cup in Qatar with a 2-1 victory over Ecuador.

"IMMENSE! What a match! What players!" Senegal President Macky Sall said on Twitter."Now go and touch the stars."

"It is joy... We have done it," screamed supporter Youssouf Niang."It was so stressful after they equalized, but this is deliverance," he exclaimed. Ecuador equalised through Moises Caicedo before Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly netted a second goal for the Lions of Teranga. Manager Alioune Cisse also coached his country at the last World Cup in Russia, when they were eliminated at group stage against Japan on fair play points. He also oversaw Senegal's first Africa Cup of Nations victory in February this year, which set high expectations for the current World Cup.

 

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