Habib Diarra opened inside four minutes, Ismaila Sarr added a second, Pape Gueye scored twice and Iliman Ndiaye capped a 5-0 rout. On any other night this is a statement. On this night it was a goodbye, because Senegal finished third on three points and the goals came too late to save the campaign.

Iraq, beaten heavily here and across the group, lost all three and depart without an argument. Senegal depart with the strangest stat line of the round, a five goal win on the way out the door.

It is the brutal comedy of the expanded format. You can dominate, you can score for fun, and you can still be undone by the two games where it did not click. Senegal will rewatch this one and ache, because the team that showed up tonight should have lasted longer.