Even though Senegal exited the World Cup at the round of 16 stage in 2022, President Macky Sall commended his team's performance.

At the knockout stage, Africa's champions lost 3-0 to England without their key players.

England opened the scoring through Jordan Henderson before Harry Kan scored his first goal of the tournament to double their advantage. Bukayo Saka put the icing on the cake after converting Phil Foden's cross in the 57th minute to seal a comfortable win for Gareth Southgate's side.

In a tweet, Senegalese President Macky Sall expressed satisfaction with the team's performance at the tournament.

He said: "Dear Lions, You have not failed. And you played without Sadio [Mane], [Cheikhou] Kouyate and [Idrissa] Gana. You are among the top 16 teams in the world and England were a strong opponent."

Morocco are now the last African side following the exit of African champions Senegal, Ghana, Tunisia and Cameroon.