📸 Red card and goal conceded! World Cup side in instant chaos | OneFootball

It couldn’t have gone any better for Senegal. After the ball was already nestling in the Iraqis’ net in the fourth minute, the current bottom side of the group reduced themselves to ten men around five minutes later. 

After a defensive error, former Bayern star Sadio Mané was clean through, before being held back by Rebin Sulaka and therefore denied a shot. After reviewing the footage, the referee showed the red card. 

Unlike the group’s blockbuster clash between France and Norway, where the Scandinavians are fielding a B team today, this match is an absolute “do or die” game for the West Africans. With a win, Mané & Co. would have a realistic chance of reaching the round of 32, while a draw or a defeat would definitely send them out. 

Looking at the first two matches against France and Norway, Senegal would have more than deserved to go through. Against France, they were the stronger team for long spells, and even in the narrow defeat to Norway they looked anything but out of place. 

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