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Pape Gueye says he will no longer play for Senegal under current coaching set-up

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Senegal midfielder Pape Gueye said he ⁠would no longer be available for national team selection while ‌the current coaching staff remains in place, ‌after his side were eliminated ‌from the World Cup on ‌Wednesday.

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/senegal/hOIsJLJr/"]Senegal[/a] squandered a two-goal lead against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/belgium/GbB957na/"]‌Belgium[/a] before losing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/belgium-GbB957na/senegal-hOIsJLJr/?mid=vPsIXWOb"]3-2[/a] in extra time in the round of ‌32.[/p][p]"[b]I will come back to ⁠tell you ‌a few words regarding the elimination … ​but I announce today that, as long as this technical ​staff remains in place, I'll be taking a break from ⁠the national ​team[/b]," the 27-year-old posted on social media.[/p][p]Senegal looked set to progress after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diarra-habib/nFakLd1E/"]Habib Diarra[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-ismaila/ll2uTDkB/"]Ismaila Sarr[/a] ‌put them ahead.[/p][image alt="Momentum graph" id="2ec9db37-6bb3-4758-8c75-129a866079ac" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="aa46cbb0-6fef-432e-a0a6-770f6ec3d897" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gueye-pape/p6rsDQvN/"]Gueye[/a], who scored two goals at the tournament, was replaced shortly after the hour mark, with coach Pape Thiaw sending on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/camara-lamine/boBGHitI/"]Lamine Camara[/a] as Senegal sought to protect their advantage.[/p][p]However, Belgium struck twice in the ‌final four minutes through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lukaku-romelu/dCkG0Iw0/"]Romelu ​Lukaku[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tielemans-youri/GtkTQyib/"]Youri Tielemans[/a] to send ‌the match into extra time.[/p][p]Belgium then completed the turnaround when Tielemans converted a penalty awarded after a VAR review involving ⁠Senegal substitute ⁠Camara.[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]

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