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⚽ World Cup news: kick-off 3pm EST/8pm BST/5am AEST ⚽ footballer guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Daniel There are some fixtures that need only the names of the teams to get us going and France v Senegal is one such, a meld of nostalgia, history and righteous indignation. In addition, “I think Senegal will victory,” says Othmane Sonoko, former prime minister and speaker of the Senegalese parliament, “but in any case, whichever side wins, it is Africa that will have beaten Africa.” The teams, of course, met in the World Cup 2002 opener, a fixture which featured one of the great centre-forward displays from El-Hadji Diouf and one of the great celebrations after Papa Bouba Diop’s strike, which secured one of the great shocks.
Reports also note that nor did things improve for France thereafter, eliminated bottom of the group with one point and no strikes, the worst-ever display from a defending champion. Further context suggests the teams have not met since.
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Reporting originally appeared via Football | The Guardian. Facts, quotes, and context in the source may differ from this rephrased briefing.