Sénégal-Soudan : Vieira met la pression sur les Lions
“We need to offer a different style of football.” Patrick Vieira made this clear from his very first matches in charge of the Lions. Despite the four points earned away against Ethiopia and Mozambique, followed by a 1-0 victory against Comoros in a friendly, the coach of Senegal’s senior national team already felt that the style of play needed to evolve. In an interview with the national daily newspaper Le Soleil, he emphasized the need to make Senegal’s game “much more aggressive, much more attacking.”
On the eve of Senegal-Sudan, the third matchday of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, the French coach is back on the offensive. His demands haven't changed. He wants the Lions to be more intense, quicker in their passing, and above all, more clinical in the final third. "Our area for improvement is also to convert the chances we create. We need to be more aggressive and more present in the opposition's penalty area," he insists.
But Vieira also expects a team capable of dominating possession and dictating the tempo. "The Senegal team must control the game and possession. We must dictate the pace of the match," he insists.
Pape Thiaw's successor is convinced: Senegal's status now demands higher standards. "The public no longer simply expects a win, but a convincing one," he observes. Against Sudan, the Lions are therefore expected to deliver on two fronts: the result and the quality of their play.
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