Seattle, July 2 -- Senegal and Villarreal defensive midfielder Pape Gueye announced that he is taking a break from the national side as long as the current technical staff stays in charge, showing the first signs of tensions within the team after a heartbreaking loss to Belgium in their round of 32 clash on Wednesday.

Senegal appeared to be cruising towards a place in the last 16 after establishing a two-goal lead against Belgium in Seattle before suffering one of the tournament's most dramatic collapses. After Senegal established a two-goal lead by the 51st minute, Romelu Lukaku (86th minute) and Youri Tielemans (89th minute) changed the course of the game, taking it to extra time.

Tielemans took the penalty after the VAR review awarde...