France are stacked with talent but memories of Senegal’s 2002 upset still linger

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P ape Thiaw smiles when he is asked about the opening match at the World Cup in 2002. “It was historic,” says the Senegal manager, who was in the squad when they beat France, the reigning world champions, 1-0 in South Korea. Twenty-two years later, the two sides are meeting again in their first group game at a World Cup. “It will be another story – or at least we hope that it will be a different story,” says Didier Deschamps. History may not repeat itself when the teams meet in New Jersey on Tue