{"id":985125,"date":"2022-02-10T20:52:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/10\/senegal-awards-87000-cash-and-land-to-winning-squad\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T20:52:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T20:52:58","slug":"senegal-awards-87000-cash-and-land-to-winning-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/10\/senegal-awards-87000-cash-and-land-to-winning-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal awards $87,000 cash and land to winning squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"418\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Senegal-Prez-x-Koulibaly-x-Mane-Afcon-trophy-696x418.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Senegal-Prez-x-Koulibaly-x-Mane-Afcon-trophy\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Senegal\u2019s President, Macky Sall, awarded the national football team cash prizes and plots of land on Tuesday, AFP reporters said, following the squad\u2019s weekend victory in the African Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>In a ceremony in the presidential palace in the capital Dakar, he also appointed team members to the West African country\u2019s prestigious Order of the Lion, as thousands of fans cheered outside the gates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy your vital force and your creative genius, you have reversed the course of history,\u201d the president said, standing on a podium beside the Cup of Nations trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe dreamed of the cup, you built this dream and you made it come true,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Led by Liverpool star Sadio Mane, Senegal overcame Mohamed Salah\u2019s Egypt 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out in Sunday\u2019s final in Cameroon. The game had finished goalless after extra time.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marked Senegal\u2019s first success after over 50 years of fielding teams in the tournament \u2013 and sparked jubilant celebrations across Dakar on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of ecstatic fans also flooded the streets of the city of three million people on Monday \u2013 which the government had declared a public holiday \u2013 to greet the team as it returned from Cameroon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Three people lost their lives during the massive celebrations, Sall said.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, he announced a prize of the equivalent of some $87,000 for each team member, as well as\u00a0a 200 square-metre (2,100 square-foot) plot of land in Dakar, and a 500 square-metre (5,400 square-foot) plot in the nearby city of Diamniadio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no words to express you to our pride, our joy and our gratitude,\u201d Sall said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president also urged Senegal coach Aliou Cisse to lead his team to the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup, held in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"azInTTzeiyo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Obra on Adom TV (8-2-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/azInTTzeiyo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senegal\u2019s President, Macky Sall, awarded the national football team cash prizes and plots of land on Tuesday, AFP reporters said, following the squad\u2019s weekend victory in the African Cup of Nations. 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