Senegal national team has brought pride to Africa for being the first African country to win its first match in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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The first goal was scored through own goal by Zielinski against Poland giving Senegal a lead in the 37 minutes of play.
It’s a strike from Idrissia Gueye, on the back of some lovely interplay from Niang and Mane, that gives the Lions of Teranga the lead.
But it will go down as an own goal for Thiago Cionek following a massive deflection that wrong-foots Szczesny and careers into the bottom-right corner.
It’s an absolutely awful error from Poland to gift their opponents a second goal. Just inside the centre circle, under little pressure, Krychowiak clips a high back-pass to Bednarek that the substitute is completely unprepared for.
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Niang races in unmarked off the right wing and beats both the defender and Szczesny, who tears out of his box to try and stop it.
A neat chip over the keeper leaves an open net and the Torino man taps home for his first international goal making it 2-0 to Senegal after an hour!
Krychowiak heads home a free-kick from eight yards out on the left 86 minutes of play making score line 2-1 in favour of Senegal.
Line-ups
Poland XI: Szczesny; Pazdan, Cionek, Piszczek, Krychowiak; Grosicki, Rybus, Blaszczykowski, Zelinski; Milik, Lewandowski.
Subs: Bialkowski, Fabianski, Jedrzejczyk, Bednarek, Goralski, Linetty, Teodorczyk, Glik, Peszko, Bereszynski, Kurzawa, Kownacki.
Senegal XI: K. Ndiaye; Sabaly, Koulibaly, S. Sane, Wague; Gueye, A. Ndiaye; Mane (C), Sarr; Diouf, Niang.
Subs: Diallo, Gomis, Mbengue, Kara, Sow, Kouyate, Ndoye, Konate, Sakho, P. A. Ndiaye, K. Balde, Gassama.
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