However, its centre of gravity has moved in a direction that plunges us into exponential consternation.
Obviously, our one and only refuge is our faith in God whose decisions are final.
For his football genius who never wanted to make a career out of it, everything was spectacular; his dribbling that was tantamount to provocation, his way of celebrating a goal, his pre-match statements to shift the pressure towards the opposing team, his juicy comments after each match.
His hidden side was his generosity: he gave everything he had and told himself that every day that dawns is an opportunity to be exploited.
More than 60 years of friendship and fraternity, stamped with the seal of the strongest sincerity!
I mourn a man who, during our tender youth, did not hesitate to interfere, in my favour, in the event of disagreements with the late Tamsir Seck, an older brother of the same father and mother.
In 1964, we were to join my father assigned to the Senegalese embassy in Yugoslavia.
The day of our departure, Séga had blocked the road to the vehicle bound for the airport and said loud and clear that he could not part with me.
My mother had managed to calm him down, telling him that the plane would come back to pick him up, and that the major constraint was his passport which was being prepared.
Every time I met Séga, I asked him for news of his trip to Yugoslavia and we laughed until we cried.
Séga's loyalty is rare, his sensitivity unmatched, despite his detached appearance.
Yes, you made our hearts vibrate with technical feats worthy of football prowess assisted by the Gods of football.
Yes, your well-seasoned jokes amplified our joy of living and detached us from our worries dictated by a world that is not always easy to live in.
Goodbye dear great and faithful friend and dear champion.
We already feel the void that you left us be reassured of our infinite love and that Allah, the Almighty, welcomes you to the heavenly paradise.
My most saddened condolences are addressed to all his family and also to the entire national, international sports community, his friends and sympathizers of all side eternal peace to your soul, dear Champion!!!!
