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06/26 16:10 CDT Senegal routs 10-man Iraq 5-0 to boost hopes of reaching World
Cup knockout rounds
Senegal routs 10-man Iraq 5-0 to boost hopes of reaching World Cup knockout
rounds
ALEXANDRIA SMITH
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Senegal racked up the goals on 10-man Iraq in a 5-0 victory
Friday that boosted their hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout stages.
Pape Gueye scored two second-half goals as the Senegalese --- vying to advance
as from third place in Group I --- took advantage of a first-half red card on
Iraq defender Rebin Sulaka for preventing Sadio Mane from going in on goal
alone.
Habib Diarra scored in the fourth minute and even though Sulaka was sent off in
the 13th, Senegal didn't score again until Ismaila Sarr's goal in the 56th
minute.
Gueye then added his two goals and Iliman Ndiaye netted Senegal's fifth.
With the victory, Senegal now has three points and a plus-two goal differential.
The eight best third-place teams advance to the Round of 32, with ties broken
by goals scored and goal differential if necessary.
Iraq was eliminated without a point in its first World Cup appearance since
1986.
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Alexandria Smith is a student in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism
at Penn State.
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