Senegal’s Aliou Cisse wants more black coaches

Senegal will draw on the spirit of the late Bruno Metsu, the maverick French coach who led them to the 2002 quarter-finals, when they face Poland today in their first World Cup match in 16 years.

Aliou Cisse, who captained the side which Metsu famously fired up to stun defending champions France 1-0 in Seoul in their opening game, said he was thinking of his mentor.

Yet as the only African coach in this year’s competition, he is determined to stamp his own generation’s mark on world football.