- Full Time
- 90'Merchas Doski
- I. Ndiaye82'
- A. Diao on for I. Sarr81'
- P. Gueye81'
- 75'Amir Al Ammari
- P. Gueye71'
- 67'K. Yakob on for Zidane Iqbal
- P. Gueye59'
- P. Ciss on for A. Seck58'
- 58'Ali Yousif on for Ali Al Hamadi
- 58'Ahmed Maknzi on for Ali Jasim
- P. Gueye on for H. Diarra57'
- N. Jackson on for L. Camara57'
- I. Ndiaye on for I. Mbaye57'
- I. Sarr56'
- 46'Jalal Hassan on for Ahmed Basil
- Half Time
- A. Seck18'
- 16'Munaf Younus on for Ahmed Qasem
- 13'Rebin Sulaka Card upgraded by VAR
- H. Diarra4'
- Kick Off
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Pape Gueye2 - 2Iliman Ndiaye1
- 3Ismaïla Sarr1
- 1Pape Gueye6
- 2Sadio Mané4
- 3
Ali Jasim4
- 1Krépin Diatta3
- 2Merchas Doski2
- 3Frans Putros2
- 1Iliman Ndiaye1
- 2Ismaïla Sarr1
- 3Abdoulaye Seck1
- 1Lamine Camara4
- 2Idrissa Gueye4
- 3Sadio Mané4
- 1Idrissa Gueye81
- 2Moussa Niakhaté65
- 3Krépin Diatta62
- 1Iliman Ndiaye3
- 2Zidane Iqbal3
- 3Ibrahim Bayesh2
- 1Frans Putros2
- 2Amir Al Ammari1
- 3Ibrahim Mbaye1
Senegal produced their finest performance of the 2026 World Cup on Friday evening, demolishing a ten-man Iraq side 5-0 at Toronto Stadium to give themselves a real shot at reaching the knockout rounds as a third-placed qualifier.
Habib Diarra headed Senegal into the lead inside four minutes before Iraq’s night collapsed completely in the 13th minute. Centre-back Rebin Sulaka received a straight red card. From that point, Senegal held all the cards in Toronto.
Aliou Cissé’s side returned with far sharper intent. Lamine Camara seized on a catastrophic error from Zidane Iqbal – caught outside his box, ball pilfered – before rolling across for Ismaïla Sarr to slide home at the far post.
Three minutes later, Senegal made it three. Ibrahim Mbaye delivered from the right, and substitute Pape Gueye – on the pitch for barely a minute – unleashed an extraordinary left-footed curler into the far corner. The goalkeeper had absolutely no chance. Gueye’s debut World Cup contribution was nothing short of stunning.
He wasn’t finished. In the 71st minute, Gueye met Iliman Ndiaye’s flicked header with a clean first-time strike that flew into the top corner. Two goals in twelve minutes from the substitute. He had arrived from the bench and taken the match by the scruff of the neck at a moment when Senegal needed someone to seize it.
Ndiaye then turned provider into scorer in the 82nd minute. Gueye – perhaps inevitably – delivered the assist, picking out his teammate with the same left foot that had caused Iraq so much damage. Ndiaye finished calmly to seal the rout.
The final scoreline flattered the margin – it felt comfortable from the moment Sulaka walked.
The goal difference question now looms large. Senegal finish Group I on three points with a goal difference of plus-two – moving into fifth place in the best third-placed standings at the time of writing. Senegal’s prospects of advancing as one of the eight best third-placed teams now hinge entirely on how the remaining groups conclude.
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