After the Cameroon national team managed to break the “African knot” against its Brazilian counterpart, the “lions” of Senegal seek to achieve the first victory for the continent over England in the history of the World Cup finals.
On Friday evening, the “Untamed Lions” team achieved a historic victory over the “Samba” team with a clean goal scored by striker Vincent Abu Bakr in the third minute of stoppage time before he was sent off for obtaining a second warning for taking off his shirt while celebrating the goal.
And tomorrow, Sunday, the companions of the star “Sadio Mane”, who is absent from the Senegal national team due to injury, dream of hitting two birds with one stone when they face the “Three Lions” team.
The first stone is the achievement of the first African victory over the England team in the history of the World Cup finals, while the second stone will achieve the transfer of the “Teranga Lions” to the quarter-finals and the continuation of the dream in the World Cup in Qatar.
The England national team has previously faced African teams on 20 occasions, the last of which was last March when the European country team easily beat Ivory Coast 3-0 at Wembley.
But the most memorable match between these encounters took place in the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup, in which England came from 2-1 down to beat Cameroon 3-2 after extra time.
England defeated Egypt in the 1990 World Cup and twice over Tunisia in the 1998 and 2018 editions.
Morocco was the first African competitor to face England in the World Cup in 1986, when they tied goalless.
England tied negatively with Nigeria in the 2002 World Cup and Algeria in the World Cup finals that were held in South Africa in the summer of 2010.