Senegal are double African champions – of sorts – after adding the African Nations Championship to the Cup of Nations success one year ago. The first was won with a bevy of European-based stars, led by the talismanic Sadio Mane, but success in this year’s CHAN tournament in Algeria came with a squad of unknowns.
The African Nations Championship is for quasi-national teams, made up of home-based players only, and previously won by countries with strong domestic championships. But this