Homelander Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 PARIS: Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop, who scored the first goal of the 2002 World Cup against reigning champions France, has died aged 42, football's governing body FIFA said on Sunday (Nov 29). "FIFA is saddened to learn of the passing of Senegal legend Papa Bouba Diop. Once a World Cup hero, always a World Cup hero," FIFA said in a statement on Twitter. FIFA did not provide details, but multiple media reports said Diop had died following a long illness. Diop's close-range goal after 30 minutes against France in the opening game of the 2002 finals sealed a 1-0 win for the World Cup debutants in one of the upsets of the tournament. France went out in the group stage without scoring. Diop netted two more goals in Senegal's 3-3 draw with Uruguay in the group stage to become their top scorer at the 2002 finals as they went on to reach the quarter-finals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamfer Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Rip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Too young 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 RIP. thanks for that goal vs France i believe he scored a winner vs Man Utd before too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camper Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Wah wtf going on in the footballing world recently 😱 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Ape Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Gone too soon.... my deepest condolences. Good content = Topics that genuinely encourages and stimulates interaction/banter. Bad content = Clickbaits, brag posts and social media news feed that nobody gives a flying fuck about + waste of server storage space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcurrent69 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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