{"id":18357,"date":"2026-06-27T09:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T09:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18357"},"modified":"2026-06-27T09:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T09:01:31","slug":"world-cup-senegal-routs-10-man-iraq-to-boost-odds-of-advancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18357","title":{"rendered":"World Cup: Senegal routs 10-man Iraq to boost odds of advancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By ALEXANDRIA SMITH<\/strong> The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Senegal needed to win and it needed to win big. Done and done.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal racked up the goals against 10-man Iraq in a 5-0 victory on Friday afternoon that boosted its chances of reaching the World Cup knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18355\">World Cup: Cape Verde\u2019s dream run continues with spot in knockout round<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe job is done, but fate is no longer in our hands,\u201d Senegal coach Pape Thiaw said. \u201cWe have to wait until the other matches are over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pape Gueye scored twice in a second-half flurry as the Senegalese \u2013 vying to advance from third place in Group I \u2013 took advantage of a first-half red card on Iraq defender Rebin Sulaka, who prevented Sadio Mane from going in on goal alone by yanking his shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Habib Diarra scored in the fourth minute and even though Sulaka was sent off in the 13th, Senegal didn\u2019t find the net again until Ismaila Sarr\u2019s goal in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Gueye then added his two goals, both hard blasts from around the edge of the penalty area, and Iliman Ndiaye netted Senegal\u2019s fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal now has three points and a plus-two goal differential. The eight best third-place teams advance to the Round of 32.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18353\">Who\u2019s playing in the World Cup today? TV schedule for June 27<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe had to score as many goals as possible,\u201d Gueye said. \u201cSo there you go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diarra also seemed confident Senegal will be among the teams that move on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave us problems, but we solved them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe played a great match, both collectively and individually. Now, here we are. I can say we\u2019re focused on our next match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iraq was eliminated without a point in its first World Cup appearance since 1986.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI want to apologize for our fans, for our (country), these three games,\u201d Iraq defender Merchas Doski said.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq coach Graham Arnold said just qualifying for the tournament was a miracle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully the players will go away from this enjoying the experience of being in the World Cup for the first time in 40 years,\u201d he said, \u201cbut also learning from mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18352\">World Cup: Trossard, Belgium rout New Zealand to reach Round of 32<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senegalese, who finish in third place in Group I, cruise 5-0 past Iraq, which sustained a first-half red card on its way to being eliminated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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