Pride, far too late. With both already eliminated, Senegal signed off with a 5–0 rout of Iraq in Toronto — their heaviest World Cup win — to climb off the bottom and finish third. It was the performance the African champions had threatened and never delivered when it counted: 0.53 xG against France, a nervy loss to Norway, and only now, with nothing at stake, the floodgates. Iraq end dead last, one goal scored and twelve conceded across three games, back at a World Cup after 40 years and out without a point.

Weird & wonderful

Senegal scored more goals in this one dead rubber (5) than in their two must-win group games combined (3) — the cruel arithmetic of a team that found its shooting boots the moment the tournament stopped caring.