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10 min: Opening half for Qatar as Hamam probes down the inside left, but gets away from him and runs out for a shot on goal. Senegal’s outnumbered fans are making a decent old racket, a syncopated band.
9 mins: Diatta, who has switched from right to left for this game, breaks free down the left and wins a throw. Well worked and the cross finds Diedhou in space but he’s a bit sloppy and his shot is blocked and it goes out to Dia (I think) who heads wide.
Updated at 13.11 GMT
7 mins: Qatar maintain their form better than Sunday’s first half from hell and finally strike through Afif, who thrills the crowd with a run down the left but lacks support and Senegal clear.
4 mins: Sabaly starts another attack with some deft juggling down the inside right and finally gets to Sarr who moves inside the right of the box and his shot deflects into the side netting. But he doesn’t get the corner he should have.
Updated at 13.07 GMT
3 mins: Qatar look set to play a 3-5-2, bravely, but Senegal have the first period of sustained possession but squander it when Sabaly meekly nods offside down his right.
Pee! And Qatar sets us in motion.
The teams are out. The stadium isn’t completely full, but it’s still filling up, Qatari fans waving their uniform flags
Lots of empty seats as the teams line up for the start. Photograph: Bernadett Szabó/Reuters
Updated at 13.01 GMT
Things you might not know: Qatar goalkeeper Meshaal Barsham is the brother of Olympic high jump champion Mutaz Essa Barshim, Gary Lineker on the Beeb reports.
Updated at 12.53 GMT
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“Now that Wales have lost to Iran, can the USMNT defeat England today?” asks Kurt Perleberg. They could, if based on their impressive first half against Wales and England, they get back into the form they were in before Monday. I like the US to score at least, and even if England have to win a draw isn’t a bad shout. However, a win for the USA would properly boost Wales’ chances.
Back to the game ahead, Qatar could take heart from Iran’s display – if Carlos Queiroz’s side can bounce back from a catastrophic and politically charged first goal, so will they.
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Goal! Wales – Iran 0-2. Robert Page’s side get worse, but Iran deserved it – they’ve been excellent. And there are full-time ones.
Updated at 12.04 GMT
Back to this, and those lineups: Qatar goalkeeper Saad Al-Sheeb makes way for Meshaal Barsham, unsurprisingly after his hectic display against Ecuador. For Senegal, Ismail Jakobs enters the defense for the injured Cheikhou Kouyaté and Pape Abou Cisse is replaced by Famara Diedhiou.
Profile of Mehsal Barsham
Goal! Wales – Iran 0-1: Iran won the last one.
The teams are in
Qatar: Barsham, Pedro Miguel, Mohammad, Khoukhi, Abdelkarim Hassan, Ahmed, Al-Haydos, Boudiaf, Madibo, Ali, Afif
Senegal: Edouard Mendy, Sabaly, Koulibaly, Jakobs, Diallo, Idrissa Gueye, Nampalys Mendy, Diatta, Diedhiou, Ismaila Sarr, Dia.
Updated at 12.24 GMT
Or him? A VAR check is worth it and he has to go kick Taremi when the striker was clean. Wales are down to 10 men.
And in Group B, a tense old clash enters its final phase. With Wayne Hennessey somehow escaping with just a yellow card now…
Some essential pre-match reading:
preamble
Hello everyone and welcome to our second World Cup match of the day. It pits the respective Asian and African champions against each other, each of whom lost their opening matches 0-2. At that point, you might argue, the similarities end. While Senegal looked lively and competitive against the Netherlands, especially early on, and were largely undone by a lack of cutting edge up front, Qatar turned it into a lack of rabbit-in-the-headlights performance Ecuador, and they were lucky that their opponents declared. in the middle All the Aspire Academy money, all those gifted spots in other tournaments including this one as hosts, all that nasty geopolitical positioning, and why?
“Emotionally, things were very difficult, and facing the World Cup is completely different. I hope that the performance will be as competitive against Senegal”, admitted their manager, Félix Sánchez, yesterday, adding: “We prepared for the possibility of an early exit, but this does not mean the end of the project. I’m sure Qatar will continue with their project of keeping a strong team, competing and qualifying for the next tournaments.” Ah yes, Projects. Always with the Projects.
Anyway, Qatar almost certainly won’t play this badly again, and they’ve shown some pedigree in recent times. Senegal, you think, has more but they really missed Sadio Mané against the Dutch. They will also be sweating it out with the full match fitness of Cheikhou Kouyaté and Abdou Diallo, important cogs in the team who were forced out of Monday’s game with problems. As far as we can generalize, there seems to be an early pattern of African teams struggling to score despite plenty of quality and attacking intent. Will this pattern change here?
Start at 13:00 GMT.