FULL-TIME Japan 2 – 2 Senegal An engaging game that keeps Group H particularly alive. Poor defending and an absence of value in the last third let the two groups down however they are mainly in conflict for a place in the knock-out rounds.
It was respected even amongst Japan and Senegal in Ekaterinburg, with the sides lining up their narrow opening wins with a 2-2 draw.

Consideration in Group H presently swings to the night coordinate in Kazan, amongst Poland and Colombia. Should that match additionally be drawn, at that point, it is yet conceivable that the Poles and the Colombians could meet all requirements for the following round on goal contrast, if they both win their last matches.

Senegal rolled out one improvement to their group to confront Japan, with the two sides hoping to proceed with their winning begins. Senegal, who saw off Poland 2-1, in their opener, acquired Badou Ndiaye for his Stoke colleague Mame Biram Diouf. Japan likewise won their opening game 2-1, Colombia barely has beaten in Saransk, and ruled against switching their winning line-up.

Senegal went in front in the twelfth moment through Liverpool's Sadio Mané, not that he knew excessively about the objective. Youssouf Sabaly's shot was parried by the goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima, and the ball bounced back off the shins of Mané and into the net.

Japan levelled in the 34th moment when Yuto Nagatomo controlled a long slanting ball on the left and cut into the zone before Takashi Inui assumed control, twisting a low shot into the far right corner.

Moussa Wague at that point terminated Senegal back in front in the 71st moment, landing at the back post to crash an exertion into the top of the net after Youssouf Sabaly had played the ball over the substance of objective from the left.

However, indeed Japan hit back. The substitute Keisuke Honda exploiting a terrible slip-up from Khadim N'Diaye to make it 2-2, the goalkeeper missing his endeavoured punch, enabling Inui to lay the ball off to Honda to flame home.

Group H finishes up on Thursday when Japan play Poland in Volgograd and Senegal game Colombia in Samara.