Idrissa Gana Gueye’s World Cup adventures came to an end in dramatic fashion on Thursday afternoon after Senegal lost 1-0 to Colombia and missed out on qualification to the last 16.
As with most of the final round of group games in Russia, the permutations were seemingly endless when it came to who would qualify out of Group H, but most importantly, Senegal knew that at least a point would see them reach the knockout stages.
A second-half header from Yerry Mina gave Colombia victory, though. And despite finishing level on four points with Japan - who went down 1-0 to Poland - and with the same goal difference, Senegal failed to progress having accrued two more yellow cards in the tournament.