OSAKA -- Senegal's World Cup campaign came to an end on Saturday in the quarterfinals after bowing out to Turkey with a 1-0 extra-time loss at Osaka Nagai Stadium.

The golden goal from Turkey substitute forward Ilhan Mansiz of Basiktas stunned the Senegal players on the pitch, who stood around in disbelief.

But soon after, with its coach Bruno Metsu patting his players' shoulders to comfort and congratulate them, the Senegal players regained their composure to thank their fans in the stands.

It was as if they had won the game.

"Of course we are disappointed that it ended here," Senegal forward El Hadji Diouf said.

Senegal was the first African team to have advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Cup since Cameroon in 1990 in Italy. Senegal, which stunned world champion France in the opening game on May 31, was the only African side that got through the first round in this tournament.

Diouf, who plays for French club Lens admitted that it was a surprise for his side to reach the quarterfinals. "That has given us and the people back home extraordinary pleasure.

"It was difficult to play in the second half as the Turks managed to get behind our defense, which was very dangerous. But the two teams were at the same level technically. They had a chance to score in extra time and were a bit luckier than us."

Diouf, who caused problems for his opponents throughout the tournament, continued, "But we are happy that we made the quarterfinals. Africa is proud of us. We wanted to play Brazil in the semifinals as that would have been a dream for everyone who plays the sport. But I'll save that for next time."

Senegal was an interesting team to watch because of its unique style -- a combination of the individual skills typical of African play and the collective nature of a European side. Frenchman Metsu formed the basis of his squad with players who play in the French League. Like Diouf, 22 out of his 23-man squad play for a French club.

Metsu guided the west African team through the 2002 World Cup qualifiers within a year after taking the helm, being honored with of the 2001 African Coach of the Year award in the process.

Senegal was the runnerup in the African Nations Cup in February in Mali.

Metsu, who married a Senegalese woman in March, has established a good relationship with his players and the people around him.

The 48-year-old coach said he was happy with the performance of his players throughout the tournament.

"I've been pleased with our collective spirit and our sense of togetherness," said Metsu. "We played against some very good teams -- France, Uruguay and Denmark in the group -- and beat Sweden in the second round. Now we have come up against a very good Turkish team. This gives us a lot of hope for the future for developing football in our country and also in Africa."