Senegal reached the pre-quarterfinals: beat Ecuador in a thrilling match, Koulibaly scored the decider
The last matches of Group A in the FIFA World Cup took place on Tuesday. A high voltage match was played between Ecuador and Senegal. In this, Senegal won 2-1. With this, she has now qualified for the next round. Senegal became the first African country since 2014 to qualify for the pre-quarterfinals. Then Algeria and Nigeria qualified.
The Netherlands have also qualified for the next round along with Senegal in Group A. At the same time, the journey of Ecuador and Qatar in the World Cup ended. Ismaila Saar and Kalidou Koulibaly scored goals for Senegal in the match. At the same time, Moises Caido scored the only goal for Ecuador.
In Group A itself, the Netherlands beat Qatar 2-0. All the matches of Group A are over. The Netherlands and Senegal qualified for the Round of 16 from this group. Ecuador finished third in this group and hosts Qatar finished last in the group. In the pre-quarterfinals, Senegal will meet on December 5 and Netherlands on December 3.
Senegal took the lead in the first half
Senegal scored the first goal of the match in the first half and took the lead. The goal was scored by the team’s forward player Ismaila Saar in the 45+1 minute. He took the penalty. While taking the penalty, Saar took a slow runup and cleverly bluffed the goalkeeper to shoot the ball into the bottom right corner. The goalkeeper remained standing at his place.
Ecuador equalized the score line in the 67th minute.
In the 67th minute, Moises Caido of Ecuador hit the goal. After this the score line became equal to 1-1. Taking advantage of the corner, Moises Caido took the header and sent the ball into the net.
Kalidou Koulibaly of Senegal scored the winning goal.
Kalidou Koulibaly scored the winning goal for Senegal in the 70th minute. Senegal player Idrissa Gueye takes the free kick. He brought the ball inside the box and Koulibaly scored with a spectacular kick in the air.
