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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nick Roll in Dakar; photographs by Guy Peterson

‘Senegal is the best’: Dakar dreams of World Cup upset over England

People playing football on Yoff beach in Dakar.
People playing football on Yoff beach in Dakar. Photograph: Guy Peterson

Just under 4,500 miles (7,200km) away from the shiny stadiums in Qatar, a man named Serigne Fallou confidently proclaims that he already knows what the result will be on Sunday when England take on Senegal in the World Cup’s round of 16.

“Absolutely, Senegal will win, 1-0,” says Fallou, an apartment doorman in Dakar, Senegal’s bustling capital on the Atlantic Ocean. “I don’t have a doubt.”

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