Byron De La Cruz C. retweetet

France v Senegal is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries surround OTHER sovereign countries that open to the sea*.
France wraps around Monaco, and Senegal wraps The Gambia. (Monaco and Gambia are 2 of the only 3 such surrounded countries in the world.**)
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* Also known as a semi-enclave: a territory that is completely surrounded by another country's land borders, except for one section that borders an open body of water.
** The only other semi-enclave in the world is Brunei, which is surrounded by Malaysia.


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