Aliou Cisse: Senegal must be prepared for ‘completely different’ knockout stages

Aliou Cisse has taken Senegal into the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time since 2002 (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse knows his side must be prepared for a totally different type of football after securing their place in the knockout stages of the World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Ecuador.

The Africa Cup of Nations champions – without injured star forward Sadio Mane – needed to win to make it through from Group A, while a draw would have been good enough for Ecuador.