Gueye issues statement after Senegal being stripped of AFCON title

The Senegal capitain Idrissa Gana Gueye has issued a statement after it was confirmed that the AFCON final would be overturned and handed to Morocco.

Despite going on to win the game, the Senegalese players will no longer be recognised as the champions of Africa, and captain Idrissa Gueye has issued a statement to his nation.

"Titles, trophies, medals… all of that is only temporary," he wrote on his Instagram story.

"What really matters is that every supporter can go home and be reunited with their family.

"The Senegalese people have shown who they are: dignified in victory, dignified in adversity.

"That is Teranga (Senegalese hospitality and spirit)."

The Everton man denounced the decision to overturn the result, but insisted the emotions of the night will never be taken away from the squad and the nation.

Gueye added: "We know what we experienced that night in Rabat, and that, no one will ever be able to take away from us, God willing."

In a separate slide of his Instagram story, the 36-year-old simply wrote: "We will bounce back."