Soccer Football - World Cup - Group H - Poland vs Senegal - Spartak Stadium, Moscow, Russia - June 19, 2018 Senegal coach Aliou Cisse after the match REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Senegal's discipline and faith in themselves as a new generation of African talent were key to their 2-1 win over Poland on Tuesday, said coach Aliou Cisse, refusing to accept the result was all down to errors by the Group H seeds.
Neither side's goalkeeper was troubled for much of the 90 minutes but an own goal and a stray back pass handed all the advantage to Senegal, playing in their first World Cup in 16 years, before the Poles secured a late consolation.
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