Gueye makes Olympic debut

Michael Kenrick , 27 July, 4comments | Jump to most recent

Everton's Magaye Gueye came on as a second-half substitute for Senegal in their first Group A match of the 2012 Olympic Games. Senegal held the hosts Great Britain to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford, and face Uruguay next on Sunday.

Quotes or other material sourced from London 2012

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Si Cooper
1 Posted 28/07/2012 at 14:18:46

Game was on but I was hardly glued to it. By the lack of comments I presume I am not alone in that.

Senegal seemed a decent side (mainly in the second half and relative to GB team) so it is good that he is getting a game for them. Can't remember him making much of an impact however; hopefully he will be positively affected by the whole experience.

Jeff Beaumont
2 Posted 28/07/2012 at 19:05:31

Came on after about an hour.Can't remember him touching the ball.

Phil Sammon
3 Posted 29/07/2012 at 02:45:23

Barely touched the ball. Tried to start a fight with Taylor in defence of one of the worst tackles I've ever seen...albeit on Craig Bellamy.

Steve Cotton
4 Posted 29/07/2012 at 12:29:13

I thought the Senegal team were pretty skillful but would have been lucky to finish the game with 8 men let alone 11.

Perhaps Olympic footy is based on 1970s "have it!!" football that we all remember fondly.

Was the ref a professional referee or was he drafted in from the Karate tournament??

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