Senegal deservedly vanquished Poland in a match of few opportunities to assert the first win by an African team at the World Cup – in spite of the fact that there was a trace of contention about their second goal.
M’Baye Niang dashed back on to the field of play after damage and promptly captured a backpass from midfield, beating previous Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and Southampton safeguard Jan Bednarek to the ball.
He at that point opened into a vacant net – to the perplexity and nauseate of a few Poland players, who dissented futile to official Nawaf Shukralla.
The Lions of Teranga had led the pack in a matter of seconds before the break when a shot from Everton’s Idrissa Gueye took an immense diversion off the awful Thiago Cionek.
Poland made nearly nothing, with striker Robert Lewandowski sustaining on scraps and intensely set apart by Senegal’s immense focal guarded blending of Salif Sane and Kalidou Koulibaly.
Be that as it may, they guaranteed an unhinged finale when Grzegorz Krychowiak headed home a free-kick at the far post.
The outcome came hours after Japan had vanquished 10-man Colombia in Group H’s opening amusement – and one of the qualifiers could go ahead to play England in the last 16.
