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Senegal\u2019s President, Macky Sall, has gifted Senegal\u2019s victorious Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) squad with financial rewards and land after the Teranga Lions clinched the country\u2019s first continental crown on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Senegal defeated Egypt 4-2 on penalties following a 0-0 draw at the Stade d\u2019Olembe in Yaounde to finally get their hands on the AFCON title after two previous failed attempts in the final.<\/p>\n
The squad returned to Dakar on Monday and was received at the Palace of the Republique on Tuesday where, during an extended ceremony of celebration, President Sall announced the squad\u2019s fiscal rewards and awarded each player the prestigious Order of the Lion.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs testament to our gratitude, and in the name of the nation, the players and other members of the official delegation will each receive a special bonus of 50,000,000 CFA [$87,178], and a 200-square metre plot of land in Dakar,\u201d Sall said, in his official address to the players.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey will each also receive a 500-square metre plot of land in the first district of the new city of Diamniadio [30km from the capital].\u201d<\/p>\n
Sall had already announced that Monday was to be a national holiday in the aftermath of the victory on Sunday, prompting a festive atmosphere across the capital as supporters welcomed the returning squad back with a trophy parade.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis trophy was the object of time of patience, we desired it so much, dreamed of it so much, as did generations before us,\u201d Sall said in an address at the palace broadcast live across Senegal. \u201cThe dream of time is a reality that was being built.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe dreamed of winning the cup, but you built that dream, and then you realised it. Mission accomplished \u2014 like true soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sall also singled out Sadio Mane, Edouard Mendy and Aliou Cisse for individual praise, with the trio having won Player, Goalkeeper and Coach of the Tournament awards respectively during the competition, while also celebrating the Teranga Lions\u2019 disciplinary record during the competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou all held firm, even during the moments of doubt and of extreme fatigue,\u201d Sall added. \u201cDon\u2019t forget that a player is not a machine, but a human, like us, with his strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what gives sports its human dimension, but what distinguishes champions like you \u2014 dear lions \u2014 is this mark of a competitor who knows how to transcend himself, dominate his fatigue, and overcome his doubts. You did this with class during this luminous journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have words to explain our gratitude, our pride, our joy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier in the tournament, the Cameroon squad donated their bonuses for qualifying to the Africa Cup of Nations knockout stages to the victims of the deadly stampede at the Stade d\u2019Olembe where eight supporters lost their lives and a further 38 were injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Indomitable Lions asked the FECAFOOT president Samuel Eto\u2019o that their bonus of 50,000,000 CFA [$85,585.63] for their qualification to the round of 16 at the AFCON be given to the victims of the stampede that took place at Olembe on the Jan. 24,\u201d team spokesman Serge Leopold Guiffo told ESPN.<\/p>\n
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