World Cup 2022: What do African teams need to do to reach the last 16?

Ghanaian fans revelled in their team's entertaining 3-2 victory over South Korea on Monday

Senegal have become the first African side to reach the last 16 of the World Cup, and three of the continent's other representatives still have hopes of joining the Teranga Lions in the knock-out stages in Qatar.

The West Africans went into their final Group A game against Ecuador knowing that a win would see them progress, and goals from Ismaila Sarr and Kalidou Koulibaly gave Aliou Cisse's men a 2-1 victory.

Morocco and Ghana also have their destiny in their own hands going into the final round of group games, but Cameroon need to win and then hope other results go their way.

If two sides finish level on points, final group standings will be decided by goal difference, then goals scored before head-to-head results and fair play records come in.

If the the latter sounds far-fetched, do not forget that Senegal became the first side to be eliminated on fair play in Russia four years ago. Should records still be identical, lots will be drawn to decide who goes through.

Cameroon - Win and ... hope for the best

The Indomitable Lions seemed to be crashing out early when trailing Serbia 3-1 with half an hour left in their second group game, but a Vincent Aboubakar-inspired comeback saw the Central Africans draw 3-3 and live to fight another day.

Similar to Tunisia, Cameroon need a victory against one of the heavyweights of world football - in this instance, five-time World Cup winners Brazil themselves - in their final game on Friday (19:00 GMT).

The Brazilians are already through to the last 16 but for Cameroon, like the North Africans, a win may not be enough depending on the result of the Serbia-Switzerland game.

"It is possible to beat Brazil," coach Rigobert Song said. "We believe in ourselves, we did not come here to just go through the motions. Cameroon still has a contribution to make to this tournament."

After trailing by two goals, Cameroon produced a stunning comeback to draw 3-3 with Serbia on Monday

Ghana - Uruguay revenge can seal progress

Ghana held their nerve to beat South Korea 3-2 on Monday and secure a vital three points after a defeat by the same scoreline to Portugal in their opener.

Monday's win keeps the Black Stars' fate in their own hands, and while a draw could be enough if Portugal beat South Korea, the West Africans know that victory over Uruguay in their final match on Friday (15:00 GMT) will see them through.

The prospect of knocking out Uruguay at the same time adds further spice to a tie already smothered in it, since the game is a rematch of the 2010 quarter-final, which saw Ghana narrowly miss out on becoming the first African side to reach the semi-finals.

In an unforgettable clash, Uruguay's Luis Suarez was sent off deep into extra-time for a handball on the goalline to stop a certain goal - prior to Asamoah Gyan missing the resulting penalty, and the South Americans going on to win via a shoot-out.

Suarez could again feature as one of three survivors from the Uruguay starting XI from that match in Johannesburg, while Andre Ayew is the only member of Ghana's 2010 squad in Qatar - even if he did not feature in the last eight match in South Africa.

"It will be very difficult but I'm not a guy that thinks much of revenge," coach Otto Addo said.

"It was a really, really long time ago. I am a strong believer if you don't seek too much revenge on these kind of things, sometimes you get the blessings."

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