"He made me dream": Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reveals his idol in Senegal
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang adores El Hadji Diouf. The Gabonese striker made it known right after the Gambians' meeting.
“They're big cats like us, that's why I love the Senegal Lions. They are a good team by the way and it is not for nothing that for several months Senegal has been 1st in Africa in the FIFA rankings. I got to know the Senegal national team thanks to El Hadj Diouf, who was playing in Lens at the time and who made us dream. I loved El Hadj Diouf so much, that in 2002, I colored my hair with white powder, my friends did the same. After each Lions match at the 2002 World Cup, we danced, sang my friends and I, because there were a lot of players in this Senegalese team who played in the French championship.
But there, with Sadio, Kalidou, Gana, Kouyaté…, the Senegal team is simply magnificent and I also think that its leaders are working well. Sadio is the Africans player. He's also the kind of player every coach would like to have on their team. Like all African players in the Premier League. We sleep in, we tease each other, we talk before and after a match, both at the presentation and at the entrance to the locker room. Sadio, once the kick-off is given, he's a beast. I have a lot of respect for him, because from what we see through social networks and the media, he is someone who does a lot for his hometown, ”reveals Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
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