France Assembled an African Dream Team. Senegal Could Not Stop Them. NYT - Top Stories By: Saikou Jammeh 17 June 2026 at 23:47 Many see the rivalry between France and Senegal as a result of colonial heritage. But at the same time, European teams are more African than ever. © Vincent Alban for The New York TimesEight out of the 11 France players, in blue, who started the match against Senegal on Tuesday, were first- or second-generation immigrants, including Michael Olise, left, 24, born in the U.K. to a Nigerian father and French-Algerian mother.
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