After the final whistle, the message was clear: Senegal was not here to make the numbers but to compete.

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The Lions of Taranga not only roared, they mauled Poland to pieces.

They took a lead in the 37th minute of first half after a deflected shot off Thiago Cionek.

That was not enough.

In the second half, they strengthened their lead in the 60th minute after Niang struck.

Poland managed a consolation goal in the 87th minute.

The entertaining fixture ended with a 2-1 scoreline in favour of the Senegalese.

Poland kept pushing in the dying minutes of the second half but Senegal held their ground with their mercurial defending.

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