Senegal Crash Out Of 2018 World Cup

Africa’s last hope of reaching the next round of the 2018 World Cup hit a brick wall on Thursday as its last representative, Senegal was eliminated from the competition.

The West Africans lost 1-0 to Colombia at the Samara Arena, Russia.

Aliou Cisse’s side entered the game needing just a draw, but fell to a Yerry Mina 74th minute header.

The Barcelona defender headed home a corner from the centre of the box to see the South Americans through to the last 16.

The result means Colombia finished with six points, while the West African nation finished on the same point with the group H runner ups Japan but are going home due to fair play.

They received two more yellow cards in the group stages. Japan has received 4 yellows so far in the competition while Senegal has 6.

The result means they have been knocked out of the World Cup on fair play and is the first time a country will exit the world Cup based on FIFA fair play rule.

They join the likes of Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Nigeria to exit the tournament.