Senegal Set Undesirable World Cup File In Defeat To Belgium

Teranga Lions of Senegal set an undesirable report following their dramatic defeat to Belgium in Wednesday’s FIFA World Cup 2026 spherical of 32.

Senegal have been forward 2-0 with lower than 5 minutes left to play earlier than Belgium staged a dramatic comeback to show the sport round and received 3-2 after extra-time.

In line with Stats Foot, the defeat means Senegal turns into the primary crew in historical past to be eradicated within the knockout stage of the World Cup after main by a two-goal margin on the eighty fifth minute of play.

Pape Thiaw’s facet led Belgium 2-0 with solely 4 minutes left of regular time, after targets from Habib Diarra and Ismaila Sarr.

However after outplaying their opponents, they by some means discovered a method to lose the sport following targets from Romelu Lukaku and captian Youri Tielemans who bagged a brace.

Lukaku’s 86th-minute purpose sparked hope for Belgium and three minutes later, Tielemans headed in an equaliser from Leandro Trossard’s cross – the pair have been earlier seen having a heated argument – to power additional time.

Then got here the controversial penalty, awarded for Lamine Camara’s problem on Tielemans following a video assistant referee (VAR) evaluation, and transformed by the skipper himself on 125 minutes.

Earlier on Wednesday, DR Congo additionally surrendered their result in lose to England due to a Harry Kane double.

Thus far, six of the ten African groups that certified for this yr’s World Cup have been eradicated, leaving Ghana, Cape Verde, Egypt and Morocco as the one international locations left.