Senegal are through to the knockout stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar after a stunning 2-1 win over their rivals – Ecuador at the Khalifa International Stadium on Tuesday.

Teranga Lions of Senegal missed opportunities for early goals in the last round of Group A, Qatar 2022 World Cup match against Ecuador.

Idrissa Gueye and Boulaye Dia respectively missed clear chances in 3rd, and 7th minutes of the first half of the match as they both shot wide in front of empty Ecuadorian net.

FT: Netherlands 2-0 Qatar

🇳🇱 26' Gakpo
🇳🇱 49' De Jong

Qatar finish their debut #FIFAWorldCup campaign with zero points and a solitary goal.#NED cruise into the knockouts and will play the runners-up in Group B.#NEDQAT pic.twitter.com/NJNINbxj0a

— The Athletic | Football (@TheAthleticFC) November 29, 2022

Senegalese International Star, Ismaila Sarr made up for the missed chances when he calmly scored a penalty in 44 minutes of the first half.

Ismaila Sarr was bullied inside Ecuadorian goal area by defender, Piero Hincapie and referee Clement Turpin awarded a Penalty.

Moses Caicedo equalized for Ecuador in 67 minutes of the second after receiving a pass from defender, Felix Torres.

Ecuadorian celebrations hardly died down when Senegalese Captain – Kalidou Koulibaly scored the second goal for Senegal, and his first International goal in his 67 caps for the Senegalese Senior National Football Team.

Netherlands 2-0 Qatar
Ecuador 1-2 Senegal

STANDINGS:

1. Netherlands 7 Pts
2. SENEGAL 6 Pts

Senegal reach the World Cup knockout stages for the first time in 20 years! 🇸🇳#Afrohillnews #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 pic.twitter.com/06xFLp2Ggo

— Afrohill News (@AfrohillNews) November 29, 2022

It’s the the second time the Teranga Lions of Senegal will qualify for the Knockout Stage (Round 16) of the World Cup.

𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕? 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙!