Senegal’s World Cup campaign took a dramatic turn against Iraq as the Iraqi team was reduced to 10 men after losing a player to a red card.
After much deliberation and even consulting the Video Assistant Referee (VAR), the referee decided to issue a red card to Rebin Sulaka for visibly denying what was an obvious goalscoring opportunity.
Shortly after, Senegal were awarded a penalty following the foul. However, Basil came up with a huge save to keep Iraq in the game.
Later, Seck was shown a yellow card for committing a foul, while Ali’s resulting free kick went straight into the wall of players.
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