June 15, 2026
This combination of pictures created on June 14, 2026 shows France’s head coach Didier Deschamps gestures during a training session as part of the team’s preparation for upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 European football Championship in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines on May 31, 2024, and Senegal’s head coach Pape Thiaw reacts during the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) final football match between Senegal and Morocco at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat on January 18, 2026.. France and Senegal will meet in a 2026 World Cup Group I football match at the New York/New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford on June 16, 2026. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE and SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)
Senegal coach Pape Thiaw insisted Monday that the controversy of January’s Africa Cup of Nations final was firmly a thing of the past as his side focus on the World Cup and their opening opponents, France.
“I am not going to go back over the AFCON, that’s behind us. This is the World Cup. We have prepared well for it and we are focused on tomorrow’s match,” Thiaw said of Tuesday’s Group I clash at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
It is almost exactly five months since January’s Cup of Nations final in Rabat, in which Senegal beat Morocco 1-0 after extra time.
