Coach of Senegal Football Team Publicly Embraces Islam
Metsu
made the announcement right after the winning opening match.
CAIRO,
June 3 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) – Senegal's national soccer
team, French coach Bruno Metsu, decided to take the opportunity of his
team’s historic victory over the French team in the opening match of
the World Cup to announce that he has embraced Islam.
It
was unclear to IslamOnline when exactly he embraced Islam since he is
married to a Sengalese Muslim, but he only made it public following
the Senegalese team’s win.
Speaking
on his program on Egyptian Television’s Channel 2, former Egyptian
Captain Mahmoud Al Khateeb said that the Senegalese coach made the
announcement right after the match.
“After
Senegal winning the match, Metsu has been under the limelight which
made him consider this as a good moment to make the announcement,”
said Egyptian Sports Critic Abadi Al-Qusi to IslamOnline.
Right
after the match, Metsu said: “It’s the match we’ve been dreaming
of. It’s a great reward for Senegal and the team. We worked very
hard. We’re really happy and feel that we’ve come a long way. But
there are two other important matches coming up and we must maintain
this same level of performance infront of Denmark and Uruguay.
“All
the players must feel that they have gained a great chance to go up to
the second round and as their coach I’m completely satisfied.”
