Senegal defeated Ecuador 2-1 on Tuesday to go to the round of 16, but before that game they broke a World Cup rule that Germany also broke this tournament.
Before their World Cup last-16 encounter against England, Senegal is likely to get into trouble with FIFA.
The African champions defeated Ecuador 2-1 on Tuesday to claim second place in Group A after suffering the painful blow of losing star forward Sadio Mane shortly before the competition started.
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After falling to the Netherlands 2-0 in their opening match, Aliou Cisse’s team faced a difficult task in Qatar. However, they turned things around with a 3-1 victory over the hosts to advance to the winner-takes-all match against the South Americans.
Ismaila Sarr of Watford took up Mane’s penalty kick responsibilities with ease, and after Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo equalized for Ecuador, Chelsea center-back Kalidou Koulibaly found the perfect moment to score his first goal for his nation and put his side back in front.
Senegal eventually prevailed, and they will now face England on Sunday night at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor.
Teammates surrounded Kalidou Koulibaly after he scored the winning goal for Senegal against England.
However, it was announced on Wednesday morning that the Senegalese FA would be under investigation by FIFA for breaking World Cup rules before to the Ecuador encounter.
Every team in the competition must hold a “Matchday -1 Press Conference” in one of the two press conference rooms at the World Cup’s main media center the day before each of their matches.
The team’s coach and a member of the squad, usually the captain, must attend these.
Prior to Senegal’s match against the Netherlands in the tournament opener, Krepin Diatta of Monaco and skipper Koulibaly both made appearances with Cisse.
However, he didn’t have a player join him before the Ecuador game and spoke all by himself for around 40 minutes.
FIFA took a dim view of that and announced on Wednesday morning that disciplinary actions had been taken.
Prior to Senegal’s match against Ecuador, Aliou Cisse spoke to the media on his own.
In a statement, FIFA said that the Senegalese Football Federation was the target of “the FIFA Disciplinary Committee due to the potential breaches of article 44 of the Regulations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM, article 2.7.2 of the Media and Marketing Regulations, and article 8.5.3 of the Team Handbook.”
The mandatory news conference that was held on November 28 before the Ecuador vs. Senegal FIFA World CupTM match is at the center of the potential violations.
Senegal is now very likely to receive a sanction from FIFA, especially in light of the precedent set on Tuesday when Germany received a fine of 10,000 Swiss Francs (about £8,800) for committing the same offense prior to their encounter with Spain.
Since Germany is based in the north of the country, as opposed to almost every other team in the competition, which is based in the center, Hansi Flick had stated that he wanted all of his players to rest and didn’t want to make one of them make the three-hour round trip to the Qatar National Convention Centre.