Mane's Senegal show slick play in win over Poland

MOSCOW: Aliou Cisse, the Senegal trainer’s self assurance was not out of place. Senegal made a observation of intent getting the better of much-hyped Poland 2-1 in their first come across of the World Cup on Tuesday.

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Bristling with tempo and force, the Senegalese imposed themselves at the game earlier than Robert Lewandowski’s Poland may just shake off their slumber.

By the time, Lewandowski made the first run down the middle, it was already halfway through the second consultation (72nd) they usually had been already trailing 2-Zero. Thiago Cianek’s own objective and Mbaye Niang’s insurance indicated that Senegal had been actually the best African facet, that trainer Cisse had claimed a day previous.

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Grzegorz Krychowiak’s headed comfort because of a Kamil Grosicki freekick, 4 minutes from time, was a evident pointer to Poland’s fateful desertion of the lengthy ball for a fancier style. Earlier, Polish fanatics had virtually taken over Moscow. Visiting next door is simple they usually came in hordes dressed in their white and vibrant pink attire raising the decibel level in and across the Spartak Stadium on Tuesday. Only two corners of the world had been inhabited by a handful of Senegal fanatics however their voice and drums had been developing enough noise to reinforce the Lions at the pitch.

Off to a soporific start, one kept wondering how Poland topped their qualification team and Lewandowski completed with 16 targets.

Jakub Blaszczykowski struggled from the start at the right as Krychowiak regarded an entire antithesis of Xavi Hernandez or Andre Pirlo, the avid gamers who made central midfield the fountainhead of all creativity. Not most effective is Krychowiak constructed like a bulldozer, he moved like one too and Sadio Mane, Mbaye Niang and Idrissa Gueye enjoyed miles of house when they finished the simple task of slipping previous the Poland guy.

Slow in movement and creativeness, the Polish defence was given a torrid time by Rennes winger Ismaila Sarr. As the sport warmed up after the half-hour mark, perhaps after Aliou Cisse’s insistence whose skilled eye read the intrinsic limitations of the Poles, Sarr began making those sub-10 dashes down the proper.

Pressure was building and the step forward for the lions of Teranga came quickly after, albeit optimistically.

Niang sprinted previous Michal Pazdan down the left and lay the ball to skipper Sadio Mane. The Liverpool striker in turn driven it across for Gueye whose low power took a deflection off defender Thiago Cionek, wrong-footing Wojciech Szczesny and rolled agonizingly into the web.

Poland tried to inject some tempo in the second consultation however defensive calamity hit them at the hour mark.

Krychowiak took depart of his sanity and went for a 40-yard again move. All hell broke free, or is also comedy of errors, if you're a Senegal fan. The move dropped wanting the goalkeeper and substitute Jan Bednarek tried to recover most effective after a perplexed few seconds. It was enough for Niang to continue his run and complete the simple task of striking the ball into an empty internet.