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France v Senegal: World Cup 2026 – live

The Guardian Sport Tuesday 16 June 2026, 18:16 UTC By Daniel Harris 1 min read
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⚽ World Cup news: kick-off 3pm EST/8pm BST/5am AEST⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email DanielBefore I take a moment to write the teams down, credit where it’s due: that lovely quotation about hacking and Frenchmen deployed in the preamble comes from Nick Greene’s terrific new book, How To Watch Soccer Like a Genius: What Architects, Stuntwomen, Paleoanthropologists, and Computer Scientists Reveal About the World’s Game. As for Senegal, Idrissa Gueye and Papa Gueye are...

⚽ World Cup news: kick-off 3pm EST/8pm BST/5am AEST
⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Email Daniel

Before I take a moment to write the teams down, credit where it’s due: that lovely quotation about hacking and Frenchmen deployed in the preamble comes from Nick Greene’s terrific new book, How To Watch Soccer Like a Genius: What Architects, Stuntwomen, Paleoanthropologists, and Computer Scientists Reveal About the World’s Game. Recommended.

As for Senegal, Idrissa Gueye and Papa Gueye are preferred to Pape Matar Sarr in midfield – I’m a little surprised as I think his athleticism is important – while Iliman Ndiaye must content himself with a place on the bench, but he’ll know that Mané and Sarr are pretty well ensconced as wide attackers.

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