Shamed Senegal to accept punishment
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October 16, 2012, Tuesday
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SENEGAL will accept punishment for the violent riot that caused its Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory Coast to be abandoned, team manager Ferdinand Coly said on Sunday.
Ivory Coast players and fans were targeted by stones, bottles, and chairs hurled by angry Senegal supporters during Saturday's game at Stade Leopold Sedar, after the visitors had taken a 2-0 lead for a 6-2 aggregate advantage in a qualifier for the 2013 finals in South Africa. As fires were set in the stands and missiles rained down, the players - as well as some 300 visiting fans - were forced to take refuge in the center circle, while the security forces used tear gas to quell the rioting fans.
"We are going to face some difficult days but Senegal will accept the sanctions," said former international Coly.
"In the meantime, we must apologize to Ivory Coast and make sure we do everything to avoid this happening again.
"I feel great sadness because this type of thing has no place on a football pitch or anywhere else. For the players, it was traumatic, especially the young ones. The psychological work needed will be extremely difficult."
Senegalese politicians also waded into the controversy on Sunday.
"It's a shame, it's regrettable," said Mbaye Ndiaye, the Senegal interior minister.
"But we say bravo to the Ivory Coast team for their achievement, their behavior, their wisdom, and their sense of fair play," he added.
Ivory Coast players and fans were targeted by stones, bottles, and chairs hurled by angry Senegal supporters during Saturday's game at Stade Leopold Sedar, after the visitors had taken a 2-0 lead for a 6-2 aggregate advantage in a qualifier for the 2013 finals in South Africa. As fires were set in the stands and missiles rained down, the players - as well as some 300 visiting fans - were forced to take refuge in the center circle, while the security forces used tear gas to quell the rioting fans.
"We are going to face some difficult days but Senegal will accept the sanctions," said former international Coly.
"In the meantime, we must apologize to Ivory Coast and make sure we do everything to avoid this happening again.
"I feel great sadness because this type of thing has no place on a football pitch or anywhere else. For the players, it was traumatic, especially the young ones. The psychological work needed will be extremely difficult."
Senegalese politicians also waded into the controversy on Sunday.
"It's a shame, it's regrettable," said Mbaye Ndiaye, the Senegal interior minister.
"But we say bravo to the Ivory Coast team for their achievement, their behavior, their wisdom, and their sense of fair play," he added.
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