𝓤𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓝𝓮𝔀𝓼

Senegal lead through Diarra‘s deflected early effort and, against ten men for over 30 minutes, really ought to be out of sight. Instead they’ve been passive and a touch wasteful. They know the brief: this isn’t just about winning, it’s about goals, a healthy margin their best route to sneaking in as one of the eight best third-placed sides. One more would all but seal it.

For Iraq, down to bare bones and bare hopes, the dream is mathematical fantasy now — but they’re playing like nobody’s told them.