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Afcon: Senegal not afraid of any team - Aliou Cisse

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse has insisted that the Terenga Lions are not afraid to play any opposition in the forthcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

The West Africans have been drawn along with familiar foes, Algeria, and East African countries Kenya and Tanzania in Group C.

The Terenga Lions are hoping to surpass their last performance in the competition in Gabon in 2017, where they were eliminated by Cameroon at the quarter-final stage.

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The closest they have come to winning the Afcon title was in 2002, when they finished as runners-up to the Indomitable Lions, and Cisse has vowed to approach their time in Egypt match-by-match as he sets his target at the finals

“It is a balanced group for my team.