| Live Match Commentary |
Up-to-the-Second Score: Denmark 1, Senegal 1 - Final Match Report
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90 +3' - Final whistle. Senegal draws Denmark, 1-1. Both teams have four points at the top of Group A. |
88' - Lovenkrands on for Rommedahl. Freekick to Senegal on right for foul on H. Camara. Danes win back possession. |
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86' - Neat Danish play sets up Jorgensen to cross but cleared by Diatta. |
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84' - Hadji Diouf wins corner off Heintze. Cleared for another corner by Laursen. That's claimed easily by Sorensen. |
83' - Poulsen joins players in book for running into Diop. |
81' -  Helveg booked for late sliding tackle on S. Camara. S. Camara makes way for Beye. |
78' - Diao gets a straight red for a dangerous knee-high tackle on Henrikssen. Diao misses next game against Uruguay. |
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78' - Diatta meets a dangerous freekick from left at back post but again off target. |
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76' - More Danish pressure wins another corner. Ball returned to box after initial clearance until Sand's shot is finally blocked and cleared after a chaotic scramble. |
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74' - Coly cuts out Jorgensen's run, conceding corner. Sylva fouled by Laursen and Sand. |
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72' - Senegalese corner met by Diatta with towering header at back post but he can't control direction and it flies over. |
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69' - Hadji Diouf plays in S. Camara, unmarked in front of Sorensen, but the substitute blasts the simple chance into the side-netting. |
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67' - Fadiga in behind Heintze on right of box but Dane recovers well. |
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67' - Corner to Senegal, cleared by Poulsen. |
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65' - Tofting's corner headed over by Laursen. |
63' - Booking for Diao for late tackle. |
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62' - S. Camara through on goal but wastes chance. |
61' -  Poulsen replaces Gravesen. Diao booked for earlier foul on Gravesen. |
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59' - Hadji Diouf shoots weakly from outside box. The Danes are struggling to contain the Senegalese. |
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58' - Diouf wins another right-sided freekick. This time Sorensen catches the inswinger confidently. |
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58' - Diop sends in Fadiga at close range but his shot his straight at Sorensen. |
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57' - Henriksen concedes foul on Hadji Diouf on right wing. Cleared by Danes. |
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55' - Senegal breaks forward again but Diop wastes possession with weak shot from 40 yards out. |
51' - GOAL TO SENEGAL! Diao starts a break deep on right and charges forward to collect ball with run into penalty area, clips it past Sorensen into right corner with outside of boot. |
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50' - Sand wins corner off Diop, who heads it clear. Tidy defending by H. Camara |
49' - Jorgensen in for limping Gronkjaer. |
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46' - H. Camara wins header in six-yard box from left cross but fails to hit target. Diop was free at back post. |
45' -  Senegal kicks off second half. S. Camara and H. Camara have come on for Sarr and Ndiaye. |
| Second Half |
45 +2' - Halftime. Denmark leads Senegal, 1-0. The Danes have comfortably contained the Senegalese in a slow-paced and scrappy game. |
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45' - Tofting plays in Rommedahl but a late flag pulls him up for offside. |
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44' - Hadji Diouf clattered near left corner by Laursen. Sorensen makes a good save from Diao's header but Hadji Diouf was offside anyway. |
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42' - Fadiga cuts inside with a good move after sustained pressure by Senegal but pulls his half-volley from wide edge of six yard box past near post. |
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40' - Diop needs treatment after a tough challenge from Rommedahl. |
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38' - Gravesen's shot from left edge of box is gathered at second attempt by Sylva, just denying Tomasson another chance. |
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34' - Coly launches long throw from right into box. Denmark clears and wins possession. |
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31' - Helveg fouls Fadiga wide on left. The ball drifts across the box but Fadiga and Ndiaye can't connect. |
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27' - Heintze concedes a corner from Diao's cross. Senegal can't make anything of teh chance and Denmark clears. |
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25' - Gronkjaer gets clear down left but cross cleared for throw by Diop. Tofting takes long but easy claim for Sylva. |
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24' - Ndiaye's shot is sliced hopelessly high and wide. |
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24' - Freekick to Senegal for handball 30 yards out. |
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22' - Rommedahl breaks down left, cuts inside but his low shot from edge of box is gathered by Sylva. |
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21' - Diao commits the latest foul of a bad-tempered match wide on Danish left but Tofting's inswinger claimed by Sylva. |
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20' - Senegal's corner comfortably punched away by Sorensen. |
19' - Tomasson puts ball in net but goal is disallowed and Tomasson booked for handling ball. |
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17' - Corner to Senegal off Helveg. Diao's header cleared off line by Sorensen and Heintze and Senegal called for offside as ball is returned to box. |
15' - GOAL TO DENMARK! Tomasson drives the ball low and hard to left corner for third goal of tournament. |
14' - Penalty! A long throw catches out Senegal and Diao bundles over Tomasson in the box. |
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13' - Gronkjaer wins freekick from Coly wide left but inswinging freekick cleared by Senegal. |
10' - Fadiga booked for kicking out at Helveg. Tofting pushes Fadiga in retaliation and the referee has to calm both sides as other players race to join the dispute. |
7' - Sand booked for a late sliding tackle on Diao. |
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5' - Heavy challenge on Tomasson earns Sarr an early telling off from referee Carlos Batres of Guatemala, making his World Cup debut. |
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3' - Fadiga puts in the first cross of the game, but comfortably claimed by GK Sorensen. |
1' - Denmark gets the game started in Daegu, South Korea. |
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Kickoff at 2:30 a.m. EDT; 7:30 p.m. GMT |
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