Here it is, the first shock of the Qatari World Cup. The day after the more than disappointing Qatar-Ecuador (0-2), the other Group A poster pitting Senegal, reigning African champions, against the Netherlands, three-time World Cup finalists (1974, 1978 and 2010 ), should offer a show of a whole new level, Monday, November 21 (at 5 p.m., live commented on TF1info). Despite the withdrawal of African star Sadio Mané, Aliou Cissé’s “Lions” will have good arguments to make against the Orange by Louis van Gaal, revengeful after watching the football high mass on their sofa four years ago in Russia.
This confrontation, unprecedented since the two selections have never faced each other, looks very promising. Twenty years after their first participation, where they had reached the quarter-finals, by knocking France (1-0) into the pools, the Senegalese dream of repeating the feat. Opposite, the Dutch will be keen to confirm all the good that we think of them.