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Published 17:14 28 Jun 2018 BST
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After a dramatic afternoon's football, it was the Senegalese who fell victim and it was due to one of the harshest World Cup rules of all.
Cisse's side were looking good all the way up to the 74th minute of the action in the Samara Arena until big, bustling defender Mina netted a bullet header for Jose Peckerman's side.
As a result of that goal, Colombia dropped from second to third in the group.
This was all despite Japan losing to Poland in the group's other game. With Senegal and Japan both on four points and having the same goal difference, for the first time in the World Cup's history, the progressing team would be decided by their disciplinary record.
Seeing as Senegal had six yellow cards to Japan's four, they were headed for elimination. What makes it even more galling for the African's is that two of these game-changing yellow cards came in injury time of their loss to Japan.
If this happened in 2014, it would have went down to a coin toss.
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The margins couldn't have been any finer. You'd have to feel for the Senegalese.
Here's how the table stood by the end of it all.

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