Senegal has spent two very good tests in recent days during the international break. After bringing back a Dublin draw against Ireland (1-1), the Teranga lions won a historic victory against England (3-1), Tuesday evening in Nottingham. Never had an African selection beat the Three Lions yet, enough to make Pope Thiaw very proud.
“There is no secret in footballreacted the Senegalese coach at a press conference. The work was well done by the players, who displayed an incredible state of mind. Faced with a team as strong as England, the goal was already not to lose. »» His players have done much better than that, by prolonging at the same time their beautiful series of invincibility.
“We were on a series of 21 matches without defeathe recalled. Even if it was a friendly match, these meetings are used to try, correct and readjust things. I think that today (Tuesday), there have been very good things, which must be kept. There are also things that we must correct. This is on this that we have to concentrate. »»
A feat that does not change the FIFA ranking
It is thanks to goals from Ismaïla Sarr (40e), Habib Diarra (62e) and Sheikh Sabaly (90e+3) that Senegal overturned England, which had opened the scoring through its star striker Harry Kane (7e). However, despite this XXL performance, nothing will change for the Teranga Lions during the next update to the FIFA ranking.
Ninety last April, they will remain in their place with 1631.72 points at the next update, which will take place on July 10. These two friendly meetings have indeed only brought them 1.40 points. If the success against England allowed them to glean 3.38 points, they lost 1.98 points by being hung by Ireland, less well classified.
