RABAT: Senegal coach Pape Thiaw on Saturday said he hoped the Africa Cup of Nations final against Morocco would not be Sadio Mane’s last ever game at the tournament, insisting the former Liverpool star could not consider walking away from the team.
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“His decision is no longer up to him. There is a whole people behind him too and they would like to see him continue,” Thiaw told reporters in Rabat on the eve of the final against the host nation.
Mane, 33, said after Wednesday’s semifinal against Egypt in which he scored the winner that he would not play at another Cup of Nations.
His comments indicated that he may retire from international football altogether following the World Cup in North America in June and July, by which time he will be 34.
