The Blues midfielder played the full ninety minutes in his side's 0-0 draw against Burkina Faso in their opening Group B match at the Stade El Menzah and picked up his customary yellow card for a horror tackle on Ouedraogo seventy minutes into the game. Senegal's next match is against Kenya on Friday and can be seen on BBC Three at 7.15pm with highlights showing later on BBC Two. Satelite channel, British Eurosport, are also showing a large selection of live games from the tournament.
Also included in the Senegal team was former Blues loanee Ferdinand Coly who played for the first hour of the game.
Senegal: Tony Sylva; Omar Daf, Pape Malick Diop, Souleymane Diawara, Ferdinand Coly (Habib Beye 58), Aliou Cisse, Henri Camara, Salif Diao, El Hadji Diouf, Ousmane Ndoye (Pape Bouba Diop 80), Mamadou Niang (Diomansy Kamara 69).