Cycle 1
11/21/2022
Senegal
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Netherlands
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Senegal
The African champions are making a second consecutive appearance at the World Cup for the first time in their history, and after missing out on a ticket to the knockout stage in 2018 due to outscoring Japan (a decision in a way that had never happened before), they are dreaming of going one step further.
The last time Senegal played in Group A at the World Cup, in 2002, they stunned France in the opening game - the reigning world champions who came in as big favorites to go all the way again.
Elio Sissa was then the captain of the team that was only stopped in the quarter-finals, and today he is the coach.
Beyond the big blow suffered by Senegal, in the form of the injury of the great star Sadio Mane in the penultimate game of Bayern Munich before the break, today (Sunday) it became clear that the left back Ismail Yakobs will not be at Sissa's disposal either due to a bureaucratic problem.
Jacobs was born in Germany and represented it in the national team under the age of 21, and although he played two friendlies with Senegal last September, FIFA has not yet approved his change of nationality, so the Monaco player was removed from the squad. In his place, Anderlecht defender Moussa Andiaye was summoned, who, according to a report in the Senegalese media, received The message from the coach at the time of his wedding.
In the absence of Mane, a lot of responsibility will fall on the shoulders of the 23-year-old Ismaila Sarr, who this season provided six goals and three assists in Watford from the English minor league, but has yet to find the back of the net in the national team.
Captain Kalidou Coulibaly said yesterday about the lack of Mane: "We lost a great leader and his quality on the field will be missed, but other players will excel and we will have to take more responsibility. There will be an opportunity for others to prove themselves, we will have to play for him and do it well."
Winner believes that the Netherlands will start the tournament on the right foot and gave a ratio of 1.50 for their victory, compared to 5.95 for a Senegal victory and 3.60 for a draw.
Despite the Dutch enthusiasm for returning to the main stage, the African champions have quite a few dangerous tools even without Sadio Mane, and a bet on their victory can be particularly rewarding in light of the extremely low treatment they have received.
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Netherlands
The Orange returns to the World Cup after being left out in 2018, and when it balances in 2022 it is clean of losses - six wins in eight games.
Beyond the fact that the Netherlands are favorites to advance to the round of 16 from first place, in their last two appearances at the World Cup they finished second and third in that order.
In 19 meetings with African opponents all time, the Oranges have lost only twice and won 12.
Coach Louis van Gaal, who announced earlier this year that he suffers from prostate cancer and will therefore retire at the end of the World Cup, hopes to fulfill a dream and write his name in golden letters in the history books, as the first coach who led the Netherlands to win the World Cup.
To that end, he hopes for a big contribution from Cody Gakpo, who this year scored three goals in five appearances in the national uniform, and in the Dutch league managed to score nine goals and 12 assists in 14 appearances this season.
Captain Virgil van Dijk marked Senegal as the Netherlands' toughest opponent in Group A: "I think this will be the toughest match of the three. It's never easy in the World Cup, no matter who you play against. Each match will bring a new challenge." .
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Trivia
* This will be the first meeting in history between Senegal and the Netherlands.
The Orange have never surrendered to an African opponent in the World Cup (3 wins and a draw), but also the reigning African champions have never lost to a European team in the group stage (2 wins and a draw).
* The Netherlands are undefeated in their last eight opening games in the World Cup (6 wins, 2 draws).
Senegal, for their part, started their two appearances in the factory with a win.
* Holland's last loss in the group stage of the World Cup was in the USA in 1994 (1:0 to Belgium). Excluding games decided by penalties, the Orange have won 11 of their last 14 games in the World Cup, with the only loss being in the 2010 final against Spain in overtime.
* No European player has been involved in more goals than Memphis Depay in qualifying for the current World Cup.The Barcelona player has scored 12 and assisted a further six in 10 games.
The composition of the groups
Stadium:
Al Thumama (Doha)
Senegal
The game setup
4:3:3
16a.
Mandy
21 J.
My pain
3 k.
Coulibaly
4 p.
Abu Sisa
12 p.
Balo Tora
6 n.
Mandy
5a.
gay
8 Q.
Coyote
18a.
Sir
9b.
enough
15 k.
diet
Substitutes bench:
Netherlands
The game setup
3:5:2
1 r.
Passover
2j.
Timber
4f.
Van Dyck
5 n.
Aka
26 c.
Frimpong
20t.
Copemainers
21 p.
De Jong
14d.
Klassen
17d.
Blind
10 m.
Defay
8 k.
Gakpo
Substitutes bench:
House A
Group
games
victories
draw
losses
gates
points
1
Ecuador
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
2
Netherlands
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
3
Senegal
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
4
Qatar
0
0
0
0
0-0
0
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