World Cup Diary-part 32-June 28th, 2018 (Day 15)

Diary:

Team News:

-Iran’s Sardar Azmoun has retired from the National at the age of 23 as he claimed that his mother had become ill due to the insults and criticisms leveled at him. (Source BBC Football online)

- Jamie Vardy started for England today ahead of Harry Kane in their match vs. Belgium. Raheem Sterling is to be rested as well, with Marcus Rashford to start in his place. Eric Dier will make his first start. (Source Sky Sports Online)

- Former Germany defender Paul Breitner criticized Toni Kroos for Germany’s exit at the World Cup. He said “I’ll be more than happy to go without his 15,000 passes”  Breitner continued to say that Kroos did not open up space in midfield to try to open the opposition defense. (Source AS.com Online)

-Tunisia’s appeal to call-up an extra goalkeeper has been rejected by FIFA. (Source L’Equipe online)

-Japan Manager Nishino has decided to rest Kagawa and Inui for today’s match vs. Poland. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Senegal Manager Aliou Cisse will include Lamine Gassama and Keita Balde for today’s match vs. Colombia. He has also recalled Cheikhou Kouyate in place of Alfred N’Diaye. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Colombia Manager Jose Pekerman has made two changes to his squad for today’s match vs. Japan. Mateus Uribe will start replacing the injured Abel Aguilar. Carlos Sanchez (back from suspension) wil replace Wilmar Barrios in the lineup. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Poland Manager Adam Nawalka has made five changes to his squad for today’s match vs. Japan. Grosicki, Glik, Fabianski, Kurzawa and Jedrzejczyk are set to start. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-After Today’s matches Senegal and Japan had identical records. For the first time the Fair Play rule was used to determine the winner. Japan advanced due to accumulating less yellow cards. (Source BBC Football online)

-A funny incident during the Belgium and England match was when after Januzaj had scored, Michy Batshuayi picked up the ball and kicked it on celebration but it hit the post and struck his face. (Source BBC Football online)

-Colombia’s James Rodriguez was forced off injured after 30 minutes in their match vs.Senegal. (Source BBC Football online)

-During the Japan-Poland match, Japanese substitute Makoto Hasebe made a ‘card’ gesture to his teammates indicating that they would go through as long as they did not get cards. (Source BBC Football Online)

-Argentina’s Enzo Perez missed training today as he is recuperarting from injury. (Source RTBF.be online)

-Switzerland will be missing Stephan Lichsteiner and Fabian Schar for their knock out round match vs. Sweden, as both are suspended. Switzerland Manager expressed no regret in fielding them in their last match. (Source Reuters UK online)

-The Barzil team Doctor Rodrigo Lasmar stated that the hotel mattress may have cause back spasms that led to Marcelo’s injury in the match vs. Serbia. (Source AS.com online)

-William Carvalho missed Portugal’s training session due to injury. Gelson Martins and Raphale Guerreiro have resumed training. (Source Maisfutebol online)

-The Egyptian Federation President has blamed the difficulties in training during Ramadan as a reason for a poor World Cup. (Source BBC Football online)

-Belgium Manager Roberto Martinez only selected two regulars (Courtois and Boyata) for their inconsequential match vs. England. (Source L’Equipe online)

-After his booking vs. Colombia, Senegal’s Mbaye Hamady Niang would have been suspended for the next round had they qualified. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Japan’s Shinji Okazaki was injured and replaced in their match vs, Poland. (Source L’Equipe Online)

-Former Geramny goalkeeper Oliver Kahn has called Sami Khedira and Mesut Ozil as his greatest disappointments for Germany at the World Cup. He said “they are two of our most experienced players, yet they failed in too many areas”. (Source Vivaronews via The Sun online)

-Senegal were eliminated from the World Cup today.

- The Men of the Match for today:

Belgium’s Adnan Januzaj (England 0-Belgium 1)

Tunisia’s Fakhrddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia 2-Panama 1)

Poland’s Jan Bednarek (Poland 1-Japan 0)

Colombia’s Yerry Mina(Colombia 1-Senegal 0)

2018 World Cup 2018 matches:

Thursday, June 28, 2018:

Group G:

June 28, 2018 (Kaliningrad, England 0-Belgium 1)

June 28, 2018 (Saransk, Tunisia 2-Panama 1)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	9	2	7	9
2	England	3	2	0	1	8	3	5	6
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	5	8	-3	3
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	2	11	-9	0

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: June 28, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group G

Result: England 0-Belgium 1

Venue: Kaliningrad– Kaliningrad Stadium, Russia         

Attendance: 33,973

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Linesmen: Jure Praprotnik and Robert Vukan (both Slovenia), Mohammed Abdulla Mohammed (United Arab Emirates, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(England): None

(Belgium): Adnan Januzaj 51

Summary of goals:

0:1 (51st minute, Belgium):  Adnan Januzaj curled in a shot from just inside the box away from the reach of Jordan Pickford.

Lineups:

England:

1- Jordan Lee Pickford (Everton Football Club-Liverpool)

16- Phillip Anthony Jones (Manchester United Football Club)

5- John Stones (Manchester City Football Club)( 6- Jacob Harry Maguire (Leicester City Football Club) 46^th)

15- Gary James Cahill (Chelsea Football Club-London)

22- Trent John Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool Football Club) (14- Daniel Nii Tackie Mensah ‘Danny’ Welbeck (Arsenal Football Club-London)79^th)

21- Ruben Ira Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea Football Club-London)

4- Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
17- Fabian Delph (Manchester City Football Club)
3- Daniel Lee ‘Danny’ Rose (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
11- Jamie Richard Vardy (Leicester City Football Club)

19- Marcus Rashford (Manchester United Football Club)

Coach: Gareth Southgate

Other Substitutes:

13- Jack Butland (Stoke City Football Club)
23- Nicolas David ‘Nick’ Pope (Burnley Football Club)

12- Kieran John Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
2- Kyle Andrew Walker (Manchester City Football Club)
18- Ashley Simon Young (Manchester United Football Club)

20- Bamidele Jermaine ‘Dele’ Alli (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
8- Jordan Brian Henderson (Liverpool Football Club)
7- Jesse Ellis Lingard (Manchester United Football Club)

9- Harry Edward Kane (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London)
10- Raheem Shaquille Sterling (Manchester City Football Club)

Team Captain: Eric Jeremy Edgar Dier

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, White Socks

Belgium:

1-Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

23- Leander Dendoncker (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht Brussels)

20- Dedryck Boyata (Celtic Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland)
3- Thomas Vermaelen (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain) (4- Vincent Kompany (Manchester City Football Club / England) 74^th)

22- Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)

19- Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
16- Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach / Germany)
17- Youri Tielemans (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)
18- Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad de Fútbol-San Sebastian / Spain) (14- Dries Mertens (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy) 86^th)

8- Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United Football Club / England)

21- Michy Batshuayi (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)

Coach: Roberto Martínez Montoliu (Spain)

Booked : Youri Tielemans 19, Leon Dendoncker 33

Other Substitutes:

13- Koen Casteels (Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH / Germany)
12- Simon Mignolet (Liverpool Football Club / England)

2- Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
15- Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint-Germain Football Club / France)
5- Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)

11- Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yfang Football Club / China)
7- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City Football Club / England)
6- Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quanjian Football Club / China)
9- Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United Football Club / England)
10- Eden Hazard (Chelsea Football Club-London / England)

Team Captain: Thibaut Courtois 

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Man of the Match: Adnan Januzaj (Belgium)

Date: June 28, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group G

Result: Tunisia 2-Panama 1

Venue: Saransk– Mordovia Arena, Russia         

Attendance: 37,168

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Linesmen: Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) and Taleb Al Marri (Qatar), Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Tunisia): Syam Ben Youssef 50, Wahbi Kharzi 65

(Panama): Yassine Meriah (own goal) 33

Summary of goals:

0:1 (33rd minute, Panama):  Jose Luis Rodriguez's shot deflected off of Yassine Meriah into the goal.

1:1 (50th minute, Tunisia):  Wahbi Kharzi crossed from the right side for Fakhreddine Ben Youssef to tap in.

2:1 (65th minute, Tunisia):  Oussama Haddadi crossed from the left side for Wahbi Kharzi to score.

Lineups:

Tunisia:

16- Aymen Mathlouthi (Al Batin Football Club-Hafar Al Batin / Saudi Arabia)
21- Hamdi Nagguez (Zamalek Sporting Club-Meet Okba, Giza / Egypt)
6- Rami Bedoui (Étoile Sportive du Sahel-Sousse)
4- Yassine Meriah (Club Sportif Sfaxien-Sfax)
5- Oussema Haddadi (Dijon FCO (Football Côte d'Or) / France)

17- Ellyes Skhiri (Montpellier-Hérault Sports Club  / France)
13- Ferjani Sassi (Al-Nasr Football Club-Riyadh / Saudi Arabia) (9- Anice Badri (Espérance Sportive de Tunis) 46^th)

8- Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Al Ittifaq Football Club-Damman / Saudi Arabia)

20- Ghailene Chaalali (Étoile Sportive du Sahel-Sousse)
23- Naim Sliti (Dijon FCO (Football Côte d'Or) / France) (15- Ahmed Khalil (Club Africain-Rades, Ben Arous) 75^th)

10- Wahbi Khazri (Stade Rennais Football Club / France) (18- Bassem Srarfi (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice - Côte d'Azur / France) 87^th)

Coach: Nabil Maâloul

Booked: Ferjani Sassi 41, Anice Badri 71, Glaylen Chaaleli 90+2

Other Substitutes:

1- Farouk Ben Mustapha (Al-Shabab Football Club-Riyadh / Saudi Arabia)
22- Mouez Hassen (La Berrichonne de Châteauroux/ France) 

2- Syam Ben Youssef (Kasımpaşa Spor Kulübü / Turkey) 
3- Yohan Benalouane (Leicester City Football Club / England)

11- Dylan Bronn (Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent / Belgium)
12- Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly Sporting Club-Cairo / Egypt)

14- Mohamed Amine Ben Amor (Al-Ahli Saudi Football Club-Jeddah / Saudi Arabia)

7- Saif-Eddine Khaoui (Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne / France)
19- Saber Khalifa (Club Africain-Rades, Ben Arous)

Team Captain:  Aymen Mathlouthi

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Uhlsport

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Panama:

1-Jaime Penedo (Fotbal Club Dinamo Bucuresti / Romania)
4- Fidel Escobar (New York Red Bulls / USA)
17- Luis Ovalle (Club Deportivo Olimpia-Tegucigalpa / Honduras)

5- Román Torres (Seattle Sounders Football Club-Seattle, Washington / USA) (18- Luis Tejada (Club Sport Boys Association-Callao / Peru) 55^th)

13- Adolfo Machado (Houston Dynamo-Houston, Texas / USA)
6- Gabriel Gómez (Club Atletico Bucaramanga Corporacion Deportiva / Colombia)
21- José Luis Rodríguez (Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent / Belgium)

20- Aníbal Godoy (San José Earthquakes-San José, California / USA)
19- Ricardo 'Pepe' Ávila (Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent / Belgium) (16- Abdiel Arroyo (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense-El Llano, Alajuela / Costa Rica) 79^th)

8- Edgar Bárcenas (Club de Fútbol Cafetaleros de Tapachula-Tapachula, Chiapas / Mexico)
9- Gabriel Torres (Club Deportivo Huachipato –Talcahuano / Chile) (3- Harold Cummings (San José Earthquakes-San José, California / USA) 46^th)

Coach: Hernán Darío Gómez Jaramillo (Colombia)

Booked : Ricardo Ávila 77, Gabriel Gómez 80, Luis Tejada 90+4

Other Substitutes:

12- José Calderón (Union Deportivo Universitario-Panama City)
22- Alex Rodríguez (San Francisco Futbol Club-La Chorrera)

23- Felipe Baloy (CSD (Club Social y Deportivo) Municipal-Guatemala City / Guatemala)
15- Eric Davis (Fotbal Club DAC (Dunajskostredsky Atleticky Club) Dunajská Streda / Slovakia)
2- Michael Murillo (New York Red Bulls / USA)

11- Armando Cooper (Corporación de Fútbol Profesional Universidad de Chile-Santiago / Chile)
14- Valentín Pimentel (Club Deportivo Plaza Amador-Panama City)

10- Ismael Díaz (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain)
7- Blas Pérez (CSD (Club Social y Deportivo) Municipal-Guatemala City / Guatemala)

Team Captain: Roman Torres

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: New Balance

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Man of the Match: Fakhrddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia)

Group H:

June 28, 2018 (Volgograd, Poland 1-Japan 0)

June 28, 2018 (Samara, Colombia 1-Senegal 0)

Table		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colombia	3	2	0	1	5	2	3	6
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Senegal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Poland	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3

P-Played, W-Win, D-Draw, L-Loss, GF-Goals For, GA-Goals Against, GD-Goal Difference, Pts-Points

Date: June 28, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group H

Result: Poland 1-Japan 0

Venue: Volgograd– Volgograd Arena, Russia         

Attendance: 42,189

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Linesmen: Jerson Dos Santos (Angola) and Zakhele Siwela (South Africa), Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Poland): Jan Bednarek 57

(Japan): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (57th minute, Poland):  Rafal Kurzawa's free-kick from the left side was volleyed in by Jan Bednarek.

Lineups:

Poland:

22- Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City Football Club / Wales, registered in the English League)
15- Kamil Glik (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France)

5- Jan Bednarek (Southampton Football Club / England)
18- Bartosz Bereszynski (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)
3- Artur Jedrzejczyk (Klub Piłkarski Legia Warszawa Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna)

10- Grzegorz Krychowiak (West Bromwich Albion Football Club / England)
6- Jacek Góralski (Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Ludogorets Razgrad / Bulgaria)
11- Kamil Grosicki (Hull City Football Club / England)

21- Rafal Kurzawa (Klub Sportowy Górnik Zabrze Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna) (17- Slawomir Peszko (Ośrodek Szkolenia Piłkarskiego Lechia Gdańsk) 80^th)

9- Robert Lewandowski (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany)
19- Piotr Zielinski (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)( 14- Lukasz Teodorczyk (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht Brussels / Belgium) 80^th)

Coach: Adam Nawalka

Other Substitutes:

12- Bartosz Bialkowski (Ipswich Town Football Club / England)
1- Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)

4-Thiago Cionek (SPAL (Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor)-Ferrara, Emilia Romagna / Italy)
20- Lukasz Piszczek (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)
2- Michal Pazdan (Klub Piłkarski Legia Warszawa Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna)

16- Jakub Blaszczykowski (Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH / Germany)
8- Karol Linetty (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)
13- Maciej Rybus (Futbolnyi Klub Lokomotiv Moskva / Russia)

23- Dawid Kownacki (Unione Calcio Sampdoria-Genova / Italy)
7- Arkadiusz Milik (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy) 

Team Captain: Robert Lewandowski

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Japan:

1- Eiji Kawashima (Football Club de Metz / France)
22- Maya Yoshida (Southampton Football Club / England)
19- Hiroki Sakai (Olympique de Marseille / France)
5- Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray Spor Kulübü–Istanbul / Turkey)
20- Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds)
16- Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
7- Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe Club de Fútbol / Spain)
21- Gotoku Sakai (Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. / Germany)
9- Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City Football Club / England) (15- Yuya Osako (1.FC Köln GmbH & Co. KgaA / Germany) 47^th)

11- Takashi Usami (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V./ Germany) (14- Takashi Inui (Sociedad Deportiva Eibar / Spain) 65^th)

13- Yoshinori Muto (1.Fußball- und Sport-Verein Mainz 05 e.V. / Germany) (17- Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt Fußball A.G. / Germany) 81^st)

Coach: Akira Nishino

Booked : Tomoaki Makino 66

Other Substitutes:

12- Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
23- Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol)

3- Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers)
6- Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds)
2- Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)

4- Keisuke Honda (Promotora del Club Pachuca SA CV -Pachuca Club de Fútbol- Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo -Tuzos) / Mexico)
10- Shinji Kagawa (Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. / Germany)
8- Genki Haraguchi (Düsseldorfer Turn-und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V./ Germany)
18- Ryota Ohshima (Kawasaki Frontale)

Team Captain: Makoto Hasebe

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Navy Blue Shirts, Navy Blue Shorts, Navy Blue Socks

Man of the Match: Jan Bednarek (Poland)

Date: June 28, 2018

Competition: 2018 FIFA World Cup-Group H

Result: Colombia 1-Senegal 0

Venue: Samara– Samara Arena, Russia         

Attendance: 41,970

Referee: Milorad Mazic (Serbia)

Linesmen: Milovan Ristic and Dalibor Djurdjevic (both Serbia), Bamlak Tessema (Ethiopia, fourth official)

Kick-off time:

Goalscorers:

(Colombia): Yerry Mina 74

(Senegal): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (74th minute, Colombia):  Juan Quintero’s corner from the right side was headed in by Yerry Mina.

Lineups:

Colombia:

1- David Ospina (Arsenal Football Club-London / England)
4- Santiago Arias (PSV (Philips Sports Vereniging) Eindhoven / Holland)
13- Yerry Mina (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)
23- Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club-London / England)
17- Johan Mojica (Girona Fútbol Club / Spain)
6- Carlos Sánchez (Real Club Deportivo Espanyol-Barcelona / Spain)
15- Mateus Uribe (Club de Fútbol América S. A. de C. V. (Aguilas) - Ciudad de México -Mexico City) / Mexico) (16- Jefferson Lerma (Levante Unión Deportiva / Spain) 83^rd)

11- Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Juventus Football Club-Torino / Italy)
20- Juan Fernando Quintero (Club Atlético River Plate- Buenos Aires / Argentina)
10- James Rodríguez (Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. / Germany) (14- Luis Fernando Muriel (Sevilla Fútbol Club / Spain) 31^st)

9- Radamel Falcao García (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France) (19- Miguel Borja (Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras- São Paulo / Brazil)   89^th)

Coach: José Nestor Pékerman (Argentina)

Booked: Johan Mojica 45

Other Substitutes:

22- José Fernando Cuadrado (Corporacion Deportiva Once Caldas-Manizales)
12- Camilo Vargas (Asociacion Deportivo Cali)

18- Farid Diaz (Club Olimpia- Asunción / Paraguay)
3- Óscar Murillo (Promotora del Club Pachuca SA CV -Pachuca Club de Fútbol- Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo -Tuzos) / Mexico)
2- Cristian Zapata (AC (Associazione Calcio) Milan / Italy)

8- Abel Aguilar (Asociacion Deportivo Cali)
5- Wílmar Barrios (Club Atlético Boca Juniors -Buenos Aires / Argentina)

7- Carlos Bacca (Villarreal Club de Fútbol / Spain)  
21- José Heriberto Izquierdo (Brighton Hove and Albion Football Club / England)

Team Captain: Radamel Falcao (Carlos Sanchez assumed the captaincy 89th minute)

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Senegal:

16- Khadim Ndiaye (Horoya Athlétique Club-Conakry / Guinea)

21- Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor Kulübü / Turkey)
6- Salif Sané (Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896 e.V. / Germany) 

3- Kalidou Koulibaly (Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli / Italy)
12- Youssouf Sabaly (Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux / France) (22- Moussa Wague (Königliche Allgemeine Sportvereinigung Eupen / Belgium) 74^th)

8- Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United City Football Club-London / England)
5- Idrissa Gana Gueyé (Everton Football Club-Liverpool / England)

18- Ismaila Sarr (Stade Rennais Football Club / France)
10- Sadio Mané (Liverpool Football Club / England)

20- Keita Baldé (Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club / France) (14- Moussa Konaté (Amiens Sporting Club / France) 80^th)

19- Mbaye Hamady Niang (Torino Calcio 1906 / Italy) (15- Diafra Sakho (Stade Rennais Football Club / France) 86^th)

Coach: Aliou Cissé

Booked : Mbaye Hamady Niang 51

Other Substitutes:

1- Abdoulaye Diallo (Stade Rennais Football Club / France)
23- Alfred Gomis (SPAL (Società Polisportiva Ars et Labor)-Ferrara, Emilia Romagna / Italy)

4- Kara Mbodji (Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht Brussels / Belgium)
2- Adama Mbengue (Stade Malherbe Caen Calvados Basse-Normandie / France)

17- Pape Alioune Ndiaye (Stoke City Football Club / England)
11- Cheikh Tidiane Ndoye (Birmingham City Football Club / England)
13- Alfred Ndiaye (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club / England)

9- Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City Football Club / England)
7- Moussa Sow (Bursaspor Kulübü / Turkey)

Team Captain: Sadio Mané

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, Green Shorts, Green Socks

Man of the Match: Yerry Mina (Colombia)