They are upbeat. They’re saying today’s match will be a walkover.”
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We will win. I’m sure of that. I predict 3-0 win,” Mass gueye, who came from Senegal to support the Teranga Lions said as he dance with fellow Senegalese fans.”We are the champions of Africa. We will show why today,” he added.
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Match Preview
- Qatar XI: Barsham; Miguel, Mohamad, Khoukhi, Abdelkarim Hassan, Ahmed, Boudiaf, Madibo, Al Haydos, Ali, Afif.
- Senegal XI: Mendy, Sabaly, Koulibaly, Diallo, Mendy, Diedhiou, Gueye, Jakobs, Diatta, Sarr, Dia.
- Both teams lost their first game. Ecuador beat Qatar, Netherlands beat Senegal.
- Match at Al Thumama Stadium will pit the current Asian champions against the reigning African champions.
- Senegal shocked the world by reaching the quarter-finals in their first World Cup campaign. That was 20 years ago in Japan and South Korea.
- Qatar hope to avoid becoming only the second World Cup hosts, after South Africa in 2010, to be eliminated in the group stage.
- FIFA rankings: Qatar (50), Senegal (18)