World Cup 2018: 3 Reasons why Senegal lost 0-1 to Colombia

#2 Senegal played for the draw

Kalidou Koulibaly and his fellow committed a few too many fouls for anyone's liking

A point would have taken Senegal through to the next round, and from the first minute, it looked like they were set up as a side happy to take the 0-0 draw and make progress.

In the first half, they did that pretty well, too, as James Rodriguez, Juan Quintero and Radamel Falcao remained peripheral figures in the game.

But it would have taken Senegal a huge amount of discipline to keep that sort of performance up for the duration of the entire game.

Discipline, in the end, was what dumped Senegal out of the tournament, with them accumulating two more yellow cards than what Japan had. But in this game, their indiscipline wasn't just about picking up bookings.

There was no continuity to the game, as Senegal kept fouling the Colombians at every opportunity they got. The defenders sometimes proved they were over-eager to win the ball back, and in the process, bruised some Colombian limbs.

The stop-start nature of the game meant that Senegal could not build any momentum at any point in the game, even if they tried. That proved detrimental for the likes of Mane and Keita Balde, who would have loved to have built up a head of speed.

There was no point in the game, when Senegal had Colombia on the rocks, and that meant a largely comfortable afternoon for David Ospina, who was barely tested by the Senegalese attackers.