Senegal-Morocco: Niang Injury & Team Support – AFCON 2024

Team cohesion down to the smallest detail, until the last moment of the CAN 2025 final.

Senegal gave us an astonishing image during the warm-up of this big meeting against Morocco, while the players escorted their teammate Ousseynou Niang off the field, visibly affected.

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Already reduced by the last minute package of Krépin Diatta, the Lions of Téranga will also have to do without the player from Union Saint-Gilloise. Visibly injured during the warm-up, Niang was carried to the locker room by his teammates, gathered around him to remove him from the field.

Called in as reinforcements on December 22 to replace Como player Assane Diao, Ousseynou Niang did not play a single minute of this CAN 2025. On the bench during the 1/8 final against Sudan, he did not come into play.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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