{"id":5609,"date":"2026-06-26T23:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2026-06-26T23:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:04:57","slug":"senegal-routs-10-man-iraq-5-0-to-boost-hopes-of-reaching-world-cup-knockout-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5609","title":{"rendered":"Senegal routs 10-man Iraq 5-0 to boost hopes of reaching World Cup knockout rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>By ALEXANDRIA SMITH<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Senegal needed to win and it needed to win big. Done and done.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal racked up the goals on 10-man Iraq in a 5-0 victory Friday that boosted its chances of reaching the World Cup knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5607\">Magic open Las Vegas Summer League schedule against Hornets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe job is done, but fate is no longer in our hands,\u201d Senegal coach Pape Thiaw said. \u201cWe have to wait until the other matches are over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pape Gueye scored twice in a second-half flurry as the Senegalese \u2014 vying to advance from third place in Group I \u2014 took advantage of a first-half red card on Iraq defender Rebin Sulaka, who prevented Sadio Mane from going in on goal alone by yanking his shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Habib Diarra scored in the fourth minute and even though Sulaka was sent off in the 13th, Senegal didn\u2019t find the net again until Ismaila Sarr\u2019s goal in the 56th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Gueye then added his two goals, both hard blasts from around the edge of the penalty area, and Iliman Ndiaye netted Senegal\u2019s fifth. <\/p>\n<p>Senegal now has three points and a plus-two goal differential. The eight best third-place teams advance to the Round of 32.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5605\">Ex-national security adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to illegally retaining classified information<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: outstream_video--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to score as many goals as possible,\u201d Gueye said. \u201cSo there you go.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Diarra also seemed confident Senegal will be among the teams that move on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave us problems, but we solved them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe played a great match, both collectively and individually. Now, here we are. I can say we\u2019re focused on our next match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iraq was eliminated without a point in its first World Cup appearance since 1986.<\/p>\n<p> <!--Ad-Slot: cube_article--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to apologize for our fans, for our (country), these three games,\u201d Iraq defender Merchas Doski said.<\/p>\n<p>Iraq coach Graham Arnold said just qualifying for the tournament was a miracle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully the players will go away from this enjoying the experience of being in the World Cup for the first time in 40 years,\u201d he said, \u201cbut also learning from mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014-<\/p>\n<p>Alexandria Smith is a student in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=5603\">US strikes Iran to respond to attack on ship that Trump says violated ceasefire<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p> See more of AP\u2019s World Cup coverage here <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALEXANDRIA SMITH TORONTO (AP) \u2014 Senegal racked up the goals on 10-man Iraq in a 5-0 victory Friday that boosted their hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout stages. 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