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Former Senegal national team coach Metsu died from cancer aged just 59 and
was laid to rest in Dakar.
Sall described the Frenchman Metsu, who
led Senegal to the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals, as "an example of
humanity and virtue".
He also called him a "hero among
Senegalese heroes".
"In this time of grief and sorrow
for our country, I would like to express the ineffable compassion of the
Senegalese nation," Sall said.
Leeds United forward El Hadji Diouf and
former Bolton Wanderers midfielder Khalilou Fadiga were among a number of past
and present footballers at the ceremony at a hospital in the capital.
Well wishers waved posters of the coach
and wore T-shirts bearing the message "Thank you Metsu" outside the
funeral, attended by his widow Viviane Dieye Metsu (pictured )and his children,
as well as leading Senegalese politicians.
"Today, a true Lion went to
sleep," the president said, in a reference to Senegal's nickname, the
Lions of Teranga.
Metsu's coffin was draped in the
Senegalese flag and the green flag of Islam, a religion to which the coach
converted several years ago, taking the name Abdou Karim Metsu.
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