Mane's Senegal show slick play in win over Poland

MOSCOW: Aliou Cisse, the Senegal trainer’s self belief was once not out of place. Senegal made a statement of intent getting the better of much-hyped Poland 2-1 of their first encounter of the World Cup on Tuesday.

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Bristling with tempo and power, the Senegalese imposed themselves at the sport ahead of Robert Lewandowski’s Poland may shake off their slumber.

By the time, Lewandowski made the first run down the center, it was once already midway through the second one consultation (72nd) they usually had been already trailing 2-Zero. Thiago Cianek’s personal objective and Mbaye Niang’s insurance indicated that Senegal had been in truth the most efficient African side, that trainer Cisse had claimed a day earlier.

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Grzegorz Krychowiak’s headed comfort because of a Kamil Grosicki freekick, four minutes from time, was once a evident pointer to Poland’s fateful desertion of the long ball for a fancier style. Earlier, Polish enthusiasts had nearly taken over Moscow. Visiting next door is straightforward they usually got here in hordes dressed in their white and shiny pink clothes elevating the decibel degree in and around the Spartak Stadium on Tuesday. Only two corners of the sector had been inhabited via a handful of Senegal enthusiasts however their voice and drums had been developing sufficient noise to enhance the Lions at the pitch.

Off to a soporific get started, one saved wondering how Poland crowned their qualification group and Lewandowski finished with 16 targets.

Jakub Blaszczykowski struggled from the start at the proper as Krychowiak appeared a whole antithesis of Xavi Hernandez or Andre Pirlo, the players who made central midfield the fountainhead of all creativity. Not best is Krychowiak built like a bulldozer, he moved like one too and Sadio Mane, Mbaye Niang and Idrissa Gueye loved miles of space when they completed the easy job of slipping past the Poland guy.

Slow in movement and imagination, the Polish defence was once given a torrid time via Rennes winger Ismaila Sarr. As the sport warmed up after the 30 minutes mark, perhaps after Aliou Cisse’s insistence whose experienced eye learn the intrinsic limitations of the Poles, Sarr started making those sub-10 dashes down the best.

Pressure was once construction and the leap forward for the lions of Teranga got here soon after, albeit with a bit of luck.

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

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

Krychowiak took go away of his sanity and went for a 40-yard back pass. All hell broke loose, or may be comedy of mistakes, in case you are a Senegal fan. The pass dropped in need of the goalkeeper and exchange Jan Bednarek attempted to get better best after a confused few seconds. It was once sufficient for Niang to proceed his run and entire the easy job of putting the ball into an empty net.