Senegal channel Metsu spirit of 2002 before Poland opener


Soccer Football - International Friendly - Luxembourg vs Senegal - Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg - May 31, 2018 Senegal team group REUTERS/Eric Vidal

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Senegal will draw on the spirit of the late Bruno Metsu, the maverick French coach who led them to the 2002 quarter-finals, when they face Poland on Tuesday in their first World Cup match in 16 years.

Aliou Cisse, who captained the side which Metsu famously fired up to stun defending champions France 1-0 in Seoul in their opening game, said he was thinking of his mentor.

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