Senegal vs Iraq Highlights 🌎🏆 2026 FIFA World Cup

Senegal make five changes from the Norway game and their goalkeeper Edouard Mendy is out so Maury Diaw starts. Idrissa Gueye is their most capped player with 139 now. Sadio Mane what a player is up to 133. Ismaila Sarr scored both goals against Norway and 18 year old Ibrahim Mbaye who scored against France becomes Senegal's youngest ever starter in a World Cup and the fifth youngest African ever. He replaces Nicholas Jackson. Iraq make four changes of their own but without their main man up front Ayman Hussein who went off injured early against France and who scored against Norway. Mircea Stosky has offered a threat. Ali Almari has plenty of history with assists. Ibrahim Mbaye and Zidane Iqbal have something to offer too. In Hussein's absence Can they avoid six defeats in six? Well Iraq will get us going. Senegal goals are the key for Senegal today. It's Lamine Kamara to send that one in. Idrissa Gueye took a deflection and goes for another corner. It's a wonderful strike from just outside the box just as we see it again great connection could have been making the far corner as well Lamine Kamara will try again Senegal looking for that early goal it's found a way through it's sick it's much needed for Senegal they have to go for goals. Start for Senegal from the word go they've been asking the questions and they do exactly that again and this time it's Sekou who's come in and he finds the back of the net. Absolute dream start for Senegal they've got one thing on their mind and as you quite rightly said it begins with G and ends in L and that's all they want and they want plenty of them and they've got their first so far Fox and Cape Verde with an excellent take on Saudi Arabia their first one a big opening here very very fortunate here and you can see the referee Anthony Taylor he pulls Mane back but what he's saying is that Boutros the right back was close enough Iraq number two commits a deliberate holding offence which denies a clear goal scoring opportunity no covering defenders therefore my final decision is red card the worse the worse Rabin Sonaka makes it early just look at where the wall is the actual wall for Senegal they put their own little wall there a lot of times the players will just use that as a diversion and aim for that Mane looked like he was flying in but to be fair that was some Senegal may well come back for more though Sekou has already scored fancied a 35 yard at that time as we look at the free kick again puts it right in the gap which then just got vacated by Kamara Basel equal to it really good save to his right looks for Ahmed Kazim gonna bring on Munaf Yunus who wins his 35th cap a rejig required now they are down to 10 men Senegal in the mood for more Senegal have scored the opening goal in the world cup match and they haven't lost any of the previous six Al Hamadi was fouled there when the yellow card comes out to set the lack of communication at the back here you just see it both defenders leaving it for each other and Al Hamadi just says okay well if you're going to leave it for each other then we'll just go through it does exactly that means a yellow only in this instance even though he went forward then they lose the ball in a position to bring it back and he just didn't let any of the teams that they played against get into any sort of stride Sadio Mane is getting into some sort of stride here Ismael Jacobs sorry it's a lovely run initially from Diara that opens a space up for Mane who's then able to play the ball he's unable to play the ball into Jacobs who just got Jacobs Mane Sadio Mane there's a space then for Mane to go into Nicola just catches the back of him he's still able to get the strike up but he's just always rising good effort something you see from Mane time and time again over the year confirmation then of a change of goalkeeper for the 10 players of Iraq half time and it looks really harsh to take it away from sec here's Idrissa Garnaguez Senegal look for an early opening Spain for Villarreal another change we'll see as we thought the arrival of Ileman N'Jai Habib Diarra some run from him Mohamed Hussain saves from Sarr Pat Gay three guys who could well make a difference and add to Senegal's solitary goal Sadio Mane can he make it happen no takers in there got a second it felt a long time coming it's Sarr who scores again in this world cup and Senegal need as many as they can to stay in Iqbal has been but there's a time and there's a place to play and it most certainly isn't there and it's brilliant play initially from Kamara and then he plays it across to the man of the moment Ismailu Sarr but you cannot play there but full credit to Kamara wins the ball is able to then play it back and really good from Ismailu Sarr just to get there before the defender Harsham two changes to follow on from Senegal's three there Ahmed Mackenzie a little bit coming on yes but Senegal further improving their goal difference and that could be so crucial to them going off probably thinking he scored the first goal but it's uh bizarrely credited to Habib Diarra for what must have been the faintest of touches makes it on ahead of the hour mark two more change in many areas of the park Ismailu Sarr with his third goal of this world cup he's only just come on he scored an absolute stunner instant impact talk about substitutions having an effect on the game going and stamping your authority in the game it's exactly what Pabge does and left foot just opens it up and we know he's got an outstanding left foot but this will be the best view goalkeeper absolutely no chance doesn't matter who's in goal wonderful finish and Senegal so close to get into the point Sadio Mane Pabge again and he stuck a leg out to divert it for a corner well he's certainly in the mood this man he is the end of being really really good that's after we finish here and they're all hoping to extend their stay in the world cup Jackson helped it on and Jai an invitation to score accepted by that man again he's just something to magnificent goal and what a strike it is as well he's come onto this field with intent give great credit to Iluman and Jai because he's aware of where Pabge is but the rest is down to Pabge this strike you can have three goalkeepers none of them are going to save it and the only thing that did save it was the net because the power that it was going in there's an effortless pass from Pabge there Sadio Mane now he's not going for the hat trick is he he is setting it up for others now I would actually be more surprised if he didn't get a hat trick and if he did certainly uh it's so much power in his strikes Sarnal has put this through for Sadio Mane oh it's come back off the post Diata Senegal have come good very good and that is a foul by Al Amari and a yellow I know just a free kick but was a yellow card shown there yeah like yeah it looked like the yellow card was shown going and going Iluman and Jai sets up a better angle here at least a game to lock this in this is with the header it was a combat pass didn't Jackson Nicholas Jackson that's a decent save many more goals because he has been replaced Senegal definitely in the mood for more Amish brings this out though and is promptly tripped and there might be a yellow card talk about getting yourself noticed Panama England on Fox Croatia Ghana on FS1 reaches a conclusion and Jai he's having a shot Magnificent two from Iluman and Jai get their credit get their reputation on substitutes that they make and Pat Gay got two goals one substitute and this time it's Iluman and Jai and it's brilliant it just opens up for him he's thinking I'm just going to hit this and he goes at the near post as well and it's power more than anything that beats Hassan what a second goal then they want the third then they want the fourth then they want the fifth they're trying to get the sixth now as well that's what you want to see as a coach not team settling Diata's held back and that will be the yellow card for Dowski Mane to send this in really just see except he's been played in lovely ball in as well Jackson from Chelsea Iluman and Jai that's gone a little loose okay he's having another go seemed to take a nick on the way through there in this second formidable force too since he came on and Jai okay it's enjoy again some say from Hassan that it could be just as you see another opportunity it's a really good save from Hassan because I think he sees it late just because passion just there tries to get in the way of it but this is definitely for 10 men very early but still it could be the teams that are in front of you and this will be huge for them Senegal did what they had to do started a bit in the first half against 10 men despite an early goal but my word the goals came and they were pretty stunning from that point onwards have Gay off the bench to score a brilliant double and then Iluman and Jai with a pretty fantastic strike of his own some glorious goals goals galore is what they needed goals galore is what they gave they most certainly did and they will take great confidence from this going forward and that's going to be absolutely huge to see what happens next for them they found their energy they found their goals sensational from Senegal in their second half to power their towards the round of 32