Pape Gueye turned Senegal vs Iraq national football team lineup positions into a one-sided finish, coming off the bench to score two goals and add one assist in a 5-0 win. Senegal needed the margin, and it got one after Iraq were reduced to ten men in the 10th minute.
Habib Diarra Opens Early
Habib Diarra set the tone in the 3rd minute, and Senegal never let the match reset after that. The early goal forced Iraq into a chase it could not sustain, especially once Sulaka was sent off in the 10th minute.
From there, Senegal controlled the game with 87.8% passing accuracy while Iraq managed 30.7% possession. Iraq finished with 0.18 in attacking production, six shots, and one shot on target, numbers that tracked how little time it spent in dangerous positions.
Pape Gueye Changes The Match
Pape Gueye’s entry changed the scoreboard again after the break. He set up the second-half surge, then scored in the 58th minute and again in the 70th minute, giving Senegal the separation it had been chasing.
Ismaïla Sarr added the second goal in the 55th minute, and Iliman Ndiaye closed the scoring in the 81st minute. That sequence turned a comfortable lead into a five-goal margin, the kind Senegal needed to improve a goal difference that had started at minus one.
Senegal Waits On Other Results
The win left Senegal with a far better goal difference, but it did not finish the job on its own. Senegal now has to wait for other results to know whether it reaches the round of sixteen, so the 5-0 scoreline only settles part of the picture.
That is the practical read for Senegal now: the team delivered the margin it needed, and Pape Gueye supplied the decisive extra punch. What happens next depends on the rest of the results, not on anything Senegal can add by itself.
