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Substitute Pape Gueye scored a brace of sensational second-half goals from agelong range, and Senegal sewage a much-needed boost to their extremity quality pinch a 5-0 triumph complete 10-man Iraq successful their Group I finale connected Friday.
Ismaïla Sarr added his 3rd goal of nan tournament, the first of 4 aft half-time for nan Lions of Teranga, who sealed a third-place group decorativeness and are vying for 1 of nan 8 third-place spots successful nan past 32.
They presently clasp nan fifth-best grounds of third-place sides based connected their plus-2 extremity difference, but four of nan teams beneath them person yet to play their last group matches.
Habib Diarra opened nan scoring successful nan 4th infinitesimal while it was still 11 connected 11, and Iliman Ndiaye wrapped it up pinch his ain long-range effort successful the 82nd minute.
The consequence mean that Iraq were eliminated from their 2nd World Cup and first since 1986.
They would person been underdogs astatine moreover strength, but nan imaginable of their first World Cup points grew much distant erstwhile referee Anthony Taylor dismissed defender Rebin Sulaka for denying an evident goal-scoring opportunity successful nan 13th minute.
Taylor initially brandished only a yellowish paper aft Sadio Mané dribbled past Sulaka, who hauled him backmost pinch an outstretched arm. But Taylor was summoned to consult a replay monitor, and aft viewing nan play again, upgraded nan decision.
Senegal couldn’t capitalise during a frustrating remainder of nan first half, but that each changed aft nan interval.
Lamine Camara group up Sarr’s 56th-minute extremity to statesman nan second-half onslaught, forcing an Iraq turnover successful their ain box, dribbling to nan byline, past cutting a debased transverse backmost for nan Crystal Palace guardant to pat into an unfastened goal.
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Gueye entered instantly pursuing Sarr’s publication and soon made his ain impact.
In nan 59th minute, he took Sarr’s walk adjacent nan right area of nan box, dribbled to his left and past unfurled a bending, left-footed onslaught that coiled beyond nan diving Ahmed Basil connected its measurement into nan apical corner.
In nan 71st, he ran connected to Ndiaye’s bouncing provender and struck a thunderous half-volley that hardly gave Basil clip to move earlier it bulged nan backmost of nan net.
