If anything, Diarra has triumphed with his beginnings over the past few seasons and may now be ready to link up with Ndiaye and restore some of the feel-good factor and fizz on the blue side of ...

Diarra, the standout performer, latched onto a perfectly weighted pass from Iliman Ndiaye and coolly slotted the ball past the Burundian goalkeeper to give Senegal a 1-0 lead heading into halftime.