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After beating Wales and finishing top of Group B, England will face Senegal in the last 16 of the World Cup on Sunday. It will be the first-ever match between England and Senegal, with the countries having never met before in international football. Senegal emerged champions of Africa for the first time after beating Egypt at the Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Senegal is a nation in West Africa on the Atlantic Ocean coast, from Mauritania to the east, Guinea to the east, and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. During the 'Scramble for Africa,' France confiscated the majority of West and northern Africa and established Senegal as a French colony in the 1880s and 1890s. Here are ten things you may have missed out on the opponents that the Three Lions will face next season...