Abdoulaye Sarr
Abdoulaye Sarr
Abdoulaye Sarris the former coach of the Senegal national football team...
Abdoulaye Sarr quotes about
continued improve performance quality reach reflect satisfied statistics target though tournament
The statistics do not reflect the quality of our play here as we continued to improve with each game. I?m satisfied with our performance at this tournament even though our target was to reach the final.
competition points rest road serve three
The three points will serve us really well for the rest of the competition. The road is long but it's clearer.
costs errors high hoping individual level lively played
We played at a high level but some individual errors costs us. I'm hoping for a lively Senegal in the quarter-final.
confidence dominated drained error match minutes schoolboy
We dominated 80 minutes of the match and then a schoolboy goalkeeping error drained the confidence of the whole team.
confident considered egypt fear improving incredible lose matter people pressure supporting
Now we are not considered favorites, but we fear nobody. We have no pressure on us. That is to say if we don't win, we lose everything. Egypt are improving steadily, are confident and will have the little matter of 74,000 people supporting them in an incredible atmosphere.
came concentration game lost prepared win worthy
We came here to play a game worthy of a final. We came to win and we were prepared to win. We lost concentration briefly, but we regained the momentum.
achieve main objective relief
It was a big relief to achieve our main objective of qualifying from this group.
field good image leave
We did not leave a good image on the field.
points problems team three today work
Today our team did not play like our team should ... This was not the team I know. We'll have to work out our problems and try and take all three points from Nigeria.
ghana motivated team today
Today our team did not play like our team should and Ghana were more motivated and that made the difference.
came fell god minutes played qualify quality thank
I thank God for qualifying. We came to qualify and we did. We played with quality for 80 minutes then fell apart, but I'm still happy.
against difficult game happy home played players playing stage team tough tournament
I'm very happy with the way my team played tonight. It was a tough game and we played on our nerves. It's difficult to play the home team at this stage of the tournament ... We were playing against a coach, his players and their fans.
african cup definitely nations
After the World Cup, the African Nations Cup in 2004, things definitely dipped.