Lovely Sight As Ghanaian Football Star Meets Other African Legends at Inauguration of Senegal’s New Stadium

• Asamoah Gyan met other African football legends in Senegal for an inauguration match at the newly-built Senegal stadium
• The legendary footballer featured as Senegal's former players hosted African football legends in a friendly encounter
• African champions Senegal have unveiled a state of the art stadium just few weeks after winning the Nations Cup

Former Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has expressed delight after meeting legends of African football at the unveiling of Senegal's newly-built stadium.

The 36-year-old, who is yet to hang up his boots, played for African legends in their game against Senegal's former players at the inauguration of the stadium in Diamniadio.

Gyan took to Twitter to laud the people of Senegal for their commitment to developing the game after putting up such a huge edifice.

Asamiah Gyan wrote: "It was a huge honour to be part of the football legends invited to the opening of the new stadium in Senegal. Thank you for the opportunity. It has been a privilege to be at this amazing building which will serve for 10’s of years for all the people to benefit and enjoy the sport."

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The stadium will be home to all of Senegal's international games, and the first official match will be the game against Egypt in the World Cup qualifier.

Senegal inaugurate new stadium

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that the government of Senegal has outdoored the country's newly-built state of the art stadium in Diamniadio in the presence of thousands of fans of the national team.

Having won the Africa Cup of Nations early this month, the West African football powerhouse followed their success with the completion of the stadium which will host all their international matches.

At a ceremony in the country's capital Dakar, Senegal President Macky Sall revealed the stadium is named after the former head of state, Abdoulaye Wade.

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Pape Alassane Gueye and Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Dieng are the latest Senegalese players to receive a rapturous welcome at their club after Olympique Marseille gave the pair a standing ovation on their return from the Nations Cup.

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The pair played key roles as the Teranga Lions won the tournament for the first time in their history.

Having returned from Cameroon, the players were presented to fans of the club in a fabulous short ceremony before Marseille's game against Clermont Foot on Sunday.