Senegal

Why were Senegal eliminated from the World Cup? On Fair play rule (more yellow cards)

Senegal became the first team to be knocked out of the World Cup on the fair play rule earlier today (June 28, 2018). The Teranga Lions lost 1-0 to Colombia in Samara and Japan’s loss by the same score to already eliminated Poland in Volgograd left both the sides on four points each.

Tiebreakers

Points in all games:- Senegal (4), Japan (4)
Goal Difference:- Senegal (0), Japan (0)
Goals For:- Senegal (4), Japan (4)
Head to Head Points, Goal Difference and Goals for:- All equal because of the Senegal 2-2 Japan game

With these six equal, it went to the Fair-Play tiebreaker

Japan had collected four yellow cards in their three games. Senegal had collected six, which saw Japan progress.

If the two teams had been equal on this aspect as well, we would’ve needed a coin flip to decide who progressed.

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Alan Sugar Racist Tweet Senegal Footballers 2018- Lord Sugar Beach Vendors

Alan Sugar has come in for criticism after a tweet of his that compared footballers from the Senegalese national team to vendors selling bags and sunglasses on beaches.

Sugar was seemingly comparing them to the Lookie-Lookie men from Senegal who are renowned for selling counterfeit items in Spain.

After his initial tweet, Sugar, well known for his appearances in the Apprentice, went on to say that he found nothing wrong with his tweet and that people were overreacting, but eventually deleted his tweet.

Senegal became the first African national to pick up points at the World Cup last night after beating Poland 2-1. They’re also the only country at Russia 2018 to have a black coach in the form of Aliou Cisse.

Here are the tweets- offensive or not?

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List of Nominees for African Footballer of the Year 2017- 5 man shortlist for African Player of the Year

The five man shortlist for the African Footballer of the Year has been released. Liverpool feature prominently in it, with two current LFC players (Mo Salah and Sadio Mane) and one future Reds player (Naby Keita, currently with TSG Hoffenheim) nominated for the award.

Salah has had a fantastic season with both club and country and played a pivotal role in getting Egypt to their first World Cup since 1990.

The other two members on the shortlist are Dortmund’s Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) and Chelsea’s Victor Moses (Nigeria). Three of the five currently ply their trade in England, with the other two in Germany.

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