Senegal.
Honestly, besides Sadio Mane, the Liverpool superstar winger, no one really knew anything about that country. Well, the same could be said for the other side, as Senegal would have no idea of what Japan was capable of.
This was just the reality of a big tournament like this. It was rare for teams from different continents to face each other on a normal occasion, so when something like this happened, more often than not, the teams would just enter the pitch blindly.
However, since it was a quarterfinal already, they should have better intelligence here. After all, both teams had already played four games so far, so it was enough to give each other an idea of what they were capable of.
