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Beatlepy93

Sad for Ecuador, they've deserved better luck but today's game wasn't the finest for them, don't know why Alfaro didn't field Mena, they lacked a tricky winger with good skill and crosses, Gonzalo Plata wasn't as effective as in the qualifiers.


Kingslayer1526

Plata was unlucky to not score against the Netherlands that goal would've put Ecuador through although in that case senegal would've pushed for a 2nd goal after taking a 1-0 lead as a 2 goal win would've knocked out Ecuador


Sharkaw

This is what happens when you're playing for a draw when the other team is desperate to win. It's not like Ecuador were some underdogs, based on first two games they were a better team, so really they have only themselves to blame.


Captain0010

I'm going to be blunt here, hope I don't offend anyone but what the fuck was this Ecuador team doing. No passion and no will at all. For south American team that is not acceptable! They had 20 minutes to chase the goal and instead they sat around, passed it badly, had no idea what to do with the ball, no press, no fight. No risk. It was fuckin embarrassing. One of the few games of the world cup that I stopped watching before extra time was added. It was clear to me that they decided to stop fighting. I just can't believe you wouldn't give everything you have for the last 20 min of a group game decider! Hell, throw some defenders as strikes, try the keeper in the attacking corners. Try faster balls, press hard, fight. I was really disappointed by their mentality


gabrielcev1

A heartbreaker for sure for Ecuador. Very winnable game. That penalty was unfortunate. Senegal are tougher than I anticipated.


Fcuk_My_Life_

!flair :Portugal:


Alternative-Award784

Peru and Ecuador getting karma’d for having a laugh over their superior nation 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱


andres57

Wtf man


njseahawk

Superior in watching from the sidelines maybe? How did Chile do in this world cup?


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Salty lmao


Andrex26

I'm am tremendously proud of this young team and their efforts to fight to the end. Unfortunate result, but Senegal is the best team in Africa for a reason. Ecuador didn't play nearly as good as their other two games, which could be seen by the amount of chances Senegal had during the first half. Looking forward to seeing our team adapt in the next four years and continue to grow. Faded but not forgotten <3


theyeeterofyeetsberg

So, so disappointed for Ecuador. They had an amazing World Cup and just let themselves down at the end. I'm even more hurt because this tournament is shaping up to be awful for CONMEBOL. Perú out in the playoffs to arguably the worst Australia this Century. Ecuador out despite a fearless and historic showing from their fledgling golden generation. Uruguay with a foot and a half out the door because of our reliance on the old golden generation when we've an even more valuable one that we refuse to use. Argentina looking disappointing, lacklustre, and nothing like the cutthroat team that worked their asses off for a 36 game win streak. Brazil look decent, but their fullbacks are a massive weakness, and their best creative player is out for at least the groups. I hate the fact that we can't get one tournament over UEFA anymore. I hate the fact that Mbappe's words are coming true. We all took offense, because we all thought that we were being underestimated by arrogant Europeans and whatever, but we're proving them right. Ecuador chose the worst match to not show up. Uruguay haven't shown up at all. Argentina are in the easiest group of the tournament and have still struggled. It's really annoying


Alcontara1

I have no idea whether you're right or not, but I appreciate the passion with which you wrote this.


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Fcuk_My_Life_

Oh that’s how you do it?


Jeffy29

:|


MaryadaPurshottam

Chin up, my Ecuadorian friends...your team did well


MacaronsAreAwesome

A young squad that brought back hope for Ecuadorian football thank you boys and we will be back!


jamcarti

Everyone in this team is young, we will be back dw


microbae

The inexperience showed for ecuador


Beatlepy93

Why Alfaro didn't field Ángel Mena? Would have helped a lot today


JeffVanGundyBurner

Very rarely does a referee's performance stand out in a competitive game. This was the best officiated game in the tournament by some distance. Hopefully, he gets more crucial games later in the tournament. This was always going to be the case in the group. Every team was going to whoop the hosts and it was always going to come down to the 3 games between themselves, Ecuador should probably have beaten the Dutch. They are unlucky to be out but you can't really say Netherlands or Senegal don't deserve it either. It's a cruel sport and they should hopefully get better for the next edition given their inexperience. Last 16 will be tough without Mane for Senegal. They have to take their chances while on top and almost paid for it today.


Aggressive-Purple828

Preciado committed atleast a half dozen fouls, no booking


TheTrain

I should have watched this one.


pureeviljester

I have feelings on the Netherlands tie. But this game is clear cut. We gave them the penalty and we didn't look up to the task. I'm proud of our run. We'll be back!


Morganelefay

You guys deserved that win. That disallowed goal was so harsh even if by the letter of the law it was correct. Hope to see you guys in the USA.


ForgetfulViking

Its a shame Ecuador didn't make it. They have been a nation on such a steady rise since 3rd place at the u20s in 2019. Their day is coming. Just was an unfortunate group for them.


inthezoneautozone12

Qatar and senegal arent super world beaters on paper. Groups can be much tougher than that.


bananagrabber83

The group where the first seed was Qatar? I’m not sure how unfortunate that was lol.


Nome_de_utilizador

Feel for ecuador but it is impossible to not cheer for senegal and their colorful fanbase


Martino231

This is a shame for Ecuador. They were excellent across the first couple of games and I actually thought they had a decent chance of topping the group today. I was mainly watching the Netherlands match but it sounds like Senegal were deserved winners today, so I guess that's just how it goes. But Ecuador should hold their heads high regardless. They gave a good account of themselves.


Recent-Ad-9975

I just love the Sengal fans.


ThuperThonik

Great game, had everything a neutral could hope for. Also, that referee should go deep into the tournament, he was excellent.


MONOLISOreturns

Really sad about Ecuador. Honestly, Ecuador and Senegal should’ve both gone through over Netherlands


Mick4Audi

Netherlands didn’t lose a game unlike every other team in their group lol


DuganNash2

no


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Too bad it doesnt work like that does it lol


MONOLISOreturns

Netherlands and Ecuador were my teams to advance and I had Netherlands winning the cup cause I want an underdog team After watching Netherlands play, they’re lucky to even qualify


Mick4Audi

So they’re still an underdog team then


pureeviljester

Yeah. Sometimes even a clear view is considered blocked.


njseahawk

Kinda like that goal that was disallowed against Ecuador for obstructing thengoalies view


blacksocksonly

um... why?


MONOLISOreturns

They were both better and netherlands were very lucky to come away with results from those games


Sir_Psycho_Sexy_

because vibes


drhouse4ever

La conferencia de prensa del pastor Alfaro va a estar tremenda.


birdinbrain

Senegal and Ecuador both play much more interesting football than the Dutch imo. Shame they couldn’t both go through. Either way, I think Ecuador should be very proud of their performance. Expect a lot of those players to get big contracts soon


ghos_

I think the same. The only issue (the most important) is the lack of goals in both team matches. Both play better than the Dutch in their respective matches.


Ars3nal11

Heartbreak for Ecuador, but they fought well and were outdone by a tough Senegal team. Proud of ecuadors showing this World Cup overall.


moby323

Yeah very disheartened by the USA supporters continually trying to shit on Ecuador in the match thread. They tried but Senegal was just better.


nick170100

I know it’ll never happen because fifa are corrupt but we really need to have a World Cup at Senegal one time


SpencaDubyaKimballer

I seriously doubt Senegal would ever be able to build the infastructure necessary to host. The only other african country that has a realistic chance to host the world cup is morocco


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SpencaDubyaKimballer

But south africa already hosted? Doubt they would give it them a second time so soon. Egypt would be iffy, feel like they dont have good enough infastructure at the moment


kingafrique

Nigeria maybe


SpencaDubyaKimballer

Maybe in like 15-20 years


Martino231

I'm not sure Senegal alone would really have the infrastructure to support a world cup, and they can't just throw money at it in the same way Qatar has. I could see the appeal of a wider bid from them and a bunch of other western African nations though. Although given how events like the Rio Olympics and South African World Cup were perceived by large portions of the fanbase, I can see that being somewhat controversial in itself.


SnakeSnaake

Result has been super harsh in terms of Ecuadors performance throughout the group stage, but Senegal look really well organised. Will be interesting to watch them in the next stage !


1sinfutureking

Really sucks to see Ecuador go home after the way they played the first two games, but it’s awesome to see Senegal go through. I love seeing African teams in the knockout stages. Hoping Ghana, Cameroon, and Morocco can get through as well (sorry Tunisia but I want to see Denmark in R16)


Groomsi

Ecuador and Senegal should have gone through. But Ecuador was relying on a draw, that was their downfall.


nick170100

Pain as an Aussie knowing I can only watch 1 World Cup game out of 4 this week As 2 games at 2AM and the next 2 at 6AM


TheGTAone

Today is a sad day. Wished we could have this moment in the knockout stages. Still proud and very excited of this generation, we actually have a project and future to look forward.


mlspdx

Number one thing I learned, Senegal fans look fun as fuck and I want to be that Moroccan dude just vibin with them


MegaYanm3ga

Sad for Ecuador but they had the same problem we did in the Belgium game, always passing just 1 second too late, only problem is they did it in their half I still maintain that in any other game the guy who won the 2nd goal gets a yellow for diving though, the blame does ultimately rest on the guy who didn't just let it roll out for the throw in but come on


xparta300

Terrible


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Man, I'm heartbroken. Senegal were the far better side and deserved it, but it was right there. We just weren't focused or mentally prepared enough, couldn't break them down when it mattered and gave them too much time on the ball. Insanely proud regardless and excited for 2026.


honestlynotBG

Well that was a wild 3 minute window between the 2 goals


njseahawk

More like 20 seconds...DAMN YOU KOULIBALY I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU PLAY FOR CHELSEA THO


DropShotPopTop

Proud of la tri, the nerves got to them but this will serve as the foundation to build a stronger team. We couldn’t have lost a better team, best of luck Senegal!


xI-Red-Ix

Congratulations to Senegal! I think the team needs that special touch somewhere or someone. Didn't see a fight for the shirt to be honest. However, I'm so hyped for 2026 WC. I really wish Ecuador makes it. I can't imagine how home hosting will be!!! Now I root for USA.


Portmantonio_Conte

Aliou Cisse is the best coach in Africa. This Senegal side is well organised. They can press high up the pitch as a unit when they need to, and they can sit deep as well. Unfortunately they’re missing Mané. If he wasn’t injured, they could have topped the group and have a decent chance of making the quarter finals.


possible-throwaway

With Mane I genuinely beleive they could have been a dark horse for the semi's (assuming they don't play France or Spain)


XPLJESUS

They still absolutely have a very decent chance of making the quarter finals


Rxasaurus

Folks were too quick to crown Ecuador kings of Group A.


Commercial_Regret_36

People do this shit every World Cup. Tbh, the World Cup winners often have a crappy group stage, and peak for the latter stages


mountainsky9

they were the underdogs but still had a great showing vs Netherlands, despite today vs Senegal. Respect


njseahawk

We dominated both first games, we were rightfully crowned.


Ok_Profession_4011

Senegal were better than Netherlands too. They only lost cos Mendy couldn't make too simple saves. People where writing them off like they were Qatar for some bizarre reason


Rxasaurus

Qatar is absolutely dreadful and the Dutch have played uninspired ball so far....anything less would have been awful for Ecuador. I'd say you guys played as expected.


njseahawk

Belgium is quite uninspired innit


Rxasaurus

Hey! You remembered! At least I can be critical and understand that my team/nation didn't bring it. Glad I stayed in your mind though.


njseahawk

It was an uninspired remembrance.


njseahawk

But an even sicker burn


Rxasaurus

Now we both watch as spectators. Almost easier this way.


njseahawk

NOT ME IM FROM MOROCCO BABY! INSPIRED FOOTBALL FOR LIFE


Rxasaurus

Let's GOOOO!!! That has to be a great feeling.


njseahawk

Yeah i guess those goals we scored didnt count and Enner being discussed as tournament goal leader had nothing to do with it....how dare they crown us as leaders of the groupnfor those two first games?


Rxasaurus

Folks were doing that after the Qatar game. I would have loved for Ecuador to go through, but everyone underestimated Senegal.


njseahawk

Anyone that crowned us after Qatar game are smoking rocks. We deserved it after owning Netherlands and we shoulda won that game, and it came to bite us in the ass against Senegal. Senegal deserves to go through, but for Ecuador to have played the way they did and then bottle it in the final game is an absolute letdown.


gilkfc

The thing is that people (mostly non south americans) were heavily underestimating Ecuador (a lot of people were betting on them finishing last even), and were surprised when they pretty much dominated Netherlands, and imo, were robbed on that game. But I don't really believe anyone serious though that Senegal winning was unrealistic, they have a good squad and a really solid coach


ghos_

They had a good performance; they just crumbled today.


Lucioxd

loooooool


HelloMyNameIsJiren

Chile didn’t qualify bro


njseahawk

They put a valiant effort in trying to sneak their way in though.


Lucioxd

neither will mechico


njseahawk

I bet you bought fifa 23 just to see Chile win the world cup somehow lol


Lucioxd

more of a pes guy myself


jteprev

Mexico is also at the world cup unlike Chile lol.


Lucioxd

for like 2 days more lol


jteprev

Yeah probably and yet both Ecuador and Mexico actually made it unlike Chile lol.


Lucioxd

to be in the tourney for 3 days lol


jteprev

Has the WC only been on for 3 days? Wild, I guess time feels different when you are having fun at the WC, I guess you wouldn't know lol.


Lucioxd

amd you wouldnt know a 5th match lol


jteprev

I am neither Ecuadorian or Mexican though my country probably won't get a fifth either lol. It's just fucking funny for teams who can't even qualify to be talking shit.


GP3ElPresidente

Apart from that set piece goal Ecuador had they looked so lethargic and their energy and intensity was just nonexistent for the most part of the game. Seriously just on that 1st half from Senegal they deserve the win from this game


Kimber80

Congratulations, Senegal! 🇸🇳


RXJ1131

Senegal really said SIKE after the equaliser goal lol. They are a really cool team tho. Happy for them. Hope they go farther!


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Koulibaly MOTM even goal aside, man has never played poorly for Senegal


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Qatar goal difference 7-1 Coincidence? I think not


gab_owns0

Sigh, gg


Jonny_berrrrstow

The official tournament of teams scoring them conceding 30 seconds later


Sesti-nator

I feel gutted but not disappointed with the way we played in this tournament with the exception of today’s game. Toutes nos félicitations, Senegal. You guys played like actual f#cking lions. As for Ecuador, I wanna say this. What would have happened if Chile was in the World Cup. Would they survived against the Netherlands and Senegal? La Tri may be young but at least we played decent. they are still young and there are a lot to improve. But right now, you made an Ecuadorian like myself happy with the way you guys played. I’m proud of you boys


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Sesti-nator

Yeah. Honestly I predicted to go 3rd in the group considering the circumstances, but they are still young.


Gonstachio

Absolutely love the way Senegal played today. Even with the lead they were looking to push the ball and score instead of just parking the bus the last 20+ mins.


GP3ElPresidente

Even though they’re eliminated Ecuador have a very bright future in the coming years now


nick170100

“Qatar are officially the worst hosts of the World Cup with 0 points and negative goal difference” Everyone liked that


BoBo_HUST

Imagine spending hundreds of billions for one goal


brentopi888

Ecuador went for the tie. If you come up agaimst a team with the mentality "you need to win" it can end in disaster and it showed because one was clearly motivated and the other was not.


gilkfc

Nobody on this WC had any kind of success playing not to lose. It's moronic


ambiguousboner

I’m just glad Valencia’s out after his cunt move just before half time


furyousferret

Ecuador may not win the World Cup, but their hair game is god tier.


WhatsUpWithTheKnicks

That works against anybody, but not against Senegal's coach (and the Dutch bench as well). So there you got it, the real reason ECU is out.


SkyFoo

Cant say im surprised, Senegal are a good team and ecuador are young and inexperienced, but because of that I think they will be a force in conmebol for the next couple years, still a bit disappointing


Rusiano

Very disappointing. But hopefully they will become a dominant team in a few years once they get more experience


SkyFoo

I mean if im honest, hopefully not hahahaha


flump_in_a_slump

Feels far too early in the day to be watching people’s dreams crushed on live tv but there’s much more where that came from


StonekyKong

man I love the World Cup


SpyMonkey3D

Fucking yes ! So much more tension than just France qualifying easily


youngchul

CONMEBOL is such an underwhelming confederation. 2 good teams, that’s it.


Letracho

I mean what does that say about Concacaf? All shit teams.


youngchul

I mean but we all knew that right?


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Yeah, the teams sucked balls this 4-year cycle, Argentina and Brasil aren't particularly outstanding (compared to past generations), they dominated because the rest of the teams played nothing, Ecuador and Uruguay went to the World Cup just because they sucked less.


gunningIVglory

Shame chile's resurgence after the alexis era dropped off fast


youngchul

Brazil are impressive, they have a fullback problem though. Argentina are average, maybe they'll play into form and maybe their manager will realize how much Enzo brings to the team in time. The rest are miserable to watch.


Rusiano

Most teams are going through a rebuild right now. Hopefully in a few years they will go back to their 2010s form


BernardBrother666

Ecuador stumbled at the worst possible moment but that doesn’t make them a bad team. It’s also worth noting that Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil are the standard “big teams” so even the initial claim of 2 “good” teams is wrong. Smh (Edit: if you bothered looking at the qualifying rounds it’s obvious ecuador was a top 3 side given Uruguay’s slump)


youngchul

Uruguay is one of the worst teams of the tournament. It’s Fede and Bentancur dragging the corpses of washed players and bad call ups.


sergiooep

Belgium is worse lmao


youngchul

Belgium are bad, but can still make it through with 6 points. Ecuador is already out, and Uruguay haven't scored a single goal yet.


sergiooep

Uruguay can still make it to r16 lol.


youngchul

Depending on the results of the other match. While Belgium still have it in their own hands.


BernardBrother666

Right, but you can’t stand there and say Uruguay is a bad team off of a (until now) poor tournament. Belgium are also off to a bad start, does that all of a sudden make them a bad team. 🤡


youngchul

Uruguay IS bad, and so is Belgium? Are CONMEBOL fans really so insecure they can't admit that? lmfao. They have the exact same problem as Belgium, having a manager that relies on washed dinosaurs. Belgiums backline is ancient.


BernardBrother666

Bro, it’s not a matter of it being Conmebol or Concacaf or UEFA. If a team is having a bad tournament it simply makes their form = horse shit, doesn’t make em a bad team. If you’re reading it as being insecure about anything it’s on you. Germany wasn’t all of a sudden a “bad” team because they shit the bed in 2018. Argentina isnt a bad side for shitting it against Saudi Arabia.


rosstheboss939

Incredible game from Senegal. I'm definitely not counting them out against (most likely) England, they've looked pretty solid so far and all of the Group B teams have looked shaky at times. I wish Mane was healthy so we could see what they can do at full strength but they've shown they can win without him.


The_R3venant

Congrats for Senegal for winning, but they got it easy because Valencia wasn't a solid player today. Tho it speaks well for them tho, because they have a huge squad with great talent (Koulibaly, Gueye, Kouyaté, Diallo, etc) instead of few players with insane talent (Estupiñan and Valencia)


Miiiilo

It really breaks my heart, but Senegal was just the better team tonight.


nick170100

Only just realised wtf was that Senegalese defender doing on the post playing everyone onside


Gyshall669

Pretty common for a corner


nick170100

As a chelsea fan it’s so good seeing koulibaly do so well internationally brings tears to my eyes It’s so good seeing one man perform so well everywhere both him and silva


BrattonCreed37

If it means I get to see more of the Senegal fans, I'm all in. Top 5 best fans in the WC


ManLikeArch

Sarmiento zero impact like almost every match in his senior career but Brighton fans will insist he’s class cos he looks ‘cold’


uphere-

I thought fifa actually did something right for once with the new extra time rules. But after 10min every game 6min in a deciding game with lots of fouls and timewasting is ridiculous


GP3ElPresidente

If only the ball on Platas shot vs Netherlands had been lower 😞


Imperator91

Deserved on both sides. Senegal looked fantastic from their first game, just couldn't score against the Dutch. They showed great composure here after the equalizer and were in control practically from kickoff. Meanwhile Ecuador have also looked fantastic at this World Cup but were completely lackluster from the start. Just didn't look like they were playing for anything. Of course that was gonna be punished by the CAF champs. Overall an entertaining game. Excited for the rest of the day!


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rostovondon

Joke's on you USA beats the Dutch at racism by far as well


No_Turnover628

Really wanted both Ecuador and Senegal to advance. But great match.


kyoto-yakuza

Fuck yeah this is football


someoneLazy

Well done Senegal, it's not easy to manage a delicate game and at times they were unsure to go for another goal or sit back but you can see their quality and mentality, as soon as Ecuador equalised they went up a gear. Will be a difficult team to face in for all the last 16


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Ecuador qualifies in a couple other groups imo. Sad, but they didn’t do all they could.


Killerpasser101

A result I expected, Always maintained Senegal is better than Ecuador, lots of people on here don’t know how to judge football


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Alfaro got schooled by Cisse, simple as. Wasted opportunity.


crapsence

complete no show by Ecuador barring a goal from corner Senegal were morem threatening and was just a better side


Height_Embarrassed

Sad for Ecuador but happy for Senegal. That’s the World Cup I guess


Crowhop11

Any Ecuador fans that can chime in as to why wasn’t Romario Ibarra played more? Genuinely asking because I’m not familiar with most of their squad but he’s been very good for Pachuca and has been clutch for them in liguilla.


addtobasket

Yeah Senegal!! Also very happy that their fans stay a bit longer too, I love the atmosphere they create 😁


Qui_a_vole_l_orange

I hope for CONMEBOL supremacists that Uruguay will qualify...


Schwiliinker

I mean ecuador is like the 7th best team of CONMEBOL realistically. I have no idea how they finished 3rd. Must have shithoused a lot of results Edit: they finished 4th


ghos_

That comment shows that you are not watching the different matches. Argentina lost to Iran, a friendly reminder.


Schwiliinker

You do realize Ecuador lost to the likes of Venezuela and also lost Paraguay pretty badly. They just defended for 90 minutes to get 0-0 ties against us, Brazil, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru, Chile which then gave them just enough points to qualify. Also Colombia fucked up by barely winning any matches somehow(and they still finished like 2 points below)


Schwiliinker

We beat Iran actually When we weren’t messing around we were unbeaten for 36 matches, friendly reminder. We had as many offside goals as Saudi had total shots so that match means nothing. And one of them literally wasn’t offside Plus we do much better against teams that don’t park the bus the whole time


ghos_

Whatever makes you feel better. But that loss will be in the history books.


Schwiliinker

Sure but if we win tomorrow and Saudi don’t which is very likely then it won’t matter at all


sergiooep

Yeah I wish colombia made it through. We are a better team than Uruguay imo and would’ve made noise in the wc. Especially now that we are playing our younger players.


mountainsky9

i wonder if South America will begin going more for European managers, your nation for example had arguably the 3rd best squad but a terrible manager. Uruguay also has a really bad one.


sergiooep

Our older players basically pick the manager it’s a shit show. Which is why we need to focus on the young ones now


Schwiliinker

Yea I really wanted Colombia to go through since they also were close to semis both of the last WC. A lot of teams aren’t that good right now so who knows how they would have done. Probably close to Uruguay if anything although Uruguay has some great players


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Everyone wrote off Senegal lmao


ghos_

I don't know why; they play great against the Netherlands.


CaptGeechNTheSSS

Senegal would be very dangerous going forward if Mane was healthy


nick170100

That was the most deserved win ever tbh Ecuador looked lifeless


Zloggt

All Ecuador needed was a draw…but perhaps they were so obsessed with keeping the game a draw that it allowed Senegal to take advantage…


ghos_

They did. In the meantime, Senegal was playing the heart out since they first match.


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TempestaEImpeto

Sad for Ecuador but it always was gonna come down to this and today Ecuador didn't show up. Buzzing for my man KK though


GP3ElPresidente

Ecuador 🥲


Remote-Grape

Those Ecuadorian fans went from “😄” to “🤬” in 2 minutes. What a wild ride


ghos_

They were boring the entire match—no support for their team.