Great Britain and Senegal hooked up in the first round of Men's 2012 Olympic Soccer. The home team practically let one get away in the closing minutes of the match and tied with Senegal 1-1.
The Brits, led by Craig Bellamy goal, scored in the 20th minute of the match. It was their one and only goal of the match.
Senegal was able to tie the game at the minute 82 when Moussa Kanote scored a goal.
GB had possession of the ball for about 55% of the match, which in turn created the discrepancy between the team's fouls committed.
GB had 7 fouls while Senegal had 17 fouls and three yellow cards in the game.
One thing about the Brits' game which can improve is their shots on goal. Despite control the ball for most of the match, they only got off five shots and four were on goal.
Senegal did their best with what little time they spent with the ball. They had three corner kicks in comparison to Great Britain's one. They also took 17 shots and 6 were on goal.
The teams will now get ready for their Sunday match against the other two teams in Group A.
Great Britain will host UA Emirates, while Senegal will face Uruguay.
Uruguay holds the lead in the pool as they defeated UA Emirates 2-1 earlier on Thursday morning.
