The sold-out crowd at Seattle Stadium on Wednesday was treated to an unforgettable experience on the pitch and off it. The lead-up to the Belgium and Senegal Round of 32 Knockout clash was an electric cultural exchange. Fans from both countries are celebrating and sharing their heritage. It was another example of meticulous planning by Seattle’s World Cup organizing committee that created a one-of-a-kind fan experience.
BREATHTAKING FINISH
GAME NOTES VIA FIFA
Belgium 3-2 Senegal (a.e.t.): Stats of the Day
• Belgium have lost only one of titsseven FIFA World Cup™ matches against African
sides (W4 D2), and this was their first win over a CAF nation in the knockout stage.
• This was the second time Belgium have recovered from a two-goal deficit to win a World Cup
knockout match; the first was a 3-2 victory over Japan in the 2018 round of 16.
• The Red Devils are now undefeated in 17 fixtures (W11 D6) since a 3-1 loss to Ukraine in the
UEFA Nations League in March last year.
• Most FIFA World Cup goals scored for Belgium:
o 7 – Romelu Lukaku (1 – 2014, 4 – 2018, 2 – 2026)
o 5 – Marc Wilmots (2 – 1998, 3 – 2002)
• Senegal hhasnow scored ten goals at the FIFA World Cup 2026™
, becoming the first African
side to reach the milestone in a single edition of the tournament.
• Habib Diarra, aged 22 years and 179 days, has become the youngest African player to score
in a knockout match at the global showpiece, surpassing Ghana’s Kevin-Prince Boateng, who
wHe as 23 years and 112 days old when he found the net against the USA in 2010.
• Ismaïla Sarr has now netted four goals at the FIFA World Cup 2026, tying the record for most
goals scored by an African player in a single edition set by Cameroon’s Roger Milla in 1990.
• Ismaïla Sarr has joined Morocco’s Ismael Saibari as the only African players to score in three
successive FIFA World Cup matches.
• Ibrahim Mbaye, aged 18 years and 158 days, has become the youngest African player to make
an appearance in a World Cup knockout match, surpassing Morocco’s Bilal El Khannous, who
was 18 years and 221 days old when he faced Croatia in 2022.
• Senegal have become the first nation to field two 18‑year-olds in a FIFA World Cup knockout
match: Ibrahim Mbaye (18 years and 158 days) and Bara Sapoko Ndiaye (18 years and 182
days).
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