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Senegal crush Iraq 5-0 and finish the group in the best possible way, picking up three hugely valuable points and significantly improving their goal difference.

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The win also means Scotland are eliminated from the race for the round of 32: now the Lions of Teranga must wait for the results from the other groups to find out whether this big victory will be enough to secure a place among the best third-placed teams.

Let’s take a look at what happened in the match.

⚽ Seck? No, the goal goes to Diarra: he got the final touch

It took the Lions of Teranga just four minutes to break the deadlock against Iraq. From a corner taken by Camara, Seck rose highest with a header and Diarra, lurking a step from the goal line, got the slightest of decisive touches to wrong-foot the goalkeeper.

🟥 Sulaka on Mané: sent off after on-field review

Iraq’s night quickly turned disastrous: after conceding early, Sulaka blatantly brought down Mané as he raced through on goal. Taylor initially showed a yellow card, then went to the monitor after a VAR recommendation and changed his decision. Straight red for DOGSO: Iraq were 1-0 down and reduced to 10 men after just 13 minutes.

⚽⚽ Sarr and Pape Gueye in 3 minutes

Senegal tore Iraq apart with a devastating one-two between the 56th and 59th minutes.

First, Zidane Iqbal lost the ball in a dangerous area right on the edge of the box, Camara took advantage and set up Ismaila Sarr for the easiest of tap-ins to make it 2-0. Just three minutes later came the third: another mistake in Iraq’s buildup, Sarr won the ball back and picked out substitute Pape Gueye, who after just 89 seconds on the pitch curled an unstoppable left-footed shot into the top corner.

👑 Two more goals, a five-goal haul and a RECORD for an African team

Senegal ran riot and wrote a page of history. Pape Gueye grabbed his brace with a thunderbolt from the edge of the box to make it 4-0, then Iliman Ndiaye joined the party with another unstoppable strike into the top corner for the final 5-0.

A crushing victory that not only keeps the Lions of Teranga’s qualification hopes alive, but also sets a historic record: Senegal are the first African national team ever to score five goals in a single World Cup match.

⏳ Senegal, job done: now they need help from elsewhere

With the 5-0 win over Iraq, the Lions of Teranga wrapped up the group with a resounding victory and revived their hopes of qualifying among the best third-placed teams. Every goal scored can make the difference in the final standings, and this big win is, for now, proving decisive in securing a place in the round of 32.

If it ends like this, they would be among the top eight third-placed teams and qualified, and there is another piece of news too: Scotland are officially out of the World Cup.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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