World Cup 2022 novelty: Senegal player commentated on by club teammate

Andros Townsend Idrissa Gana Gueye World Cup 2022
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It's rather rare for active professional footballers to work as a co-commentator on games. It's rarer when the games they're working on are at the World Cup. It's even rarer when they end up co-commentating on their club teammate at the World Cup. 

However, that exact situation has now happened, with Everton winger Andros Townsend on microphone duties for ITV during Senegal's final Group A clash against Ecuador. His club teammate Idrissa Gana Gueye started the game for the African nation, creating an unusual situation in which Townsend had to discuss the midfielder's performance with lead commentator Seb Hutchinson.

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Ryan Dabbs
Staff writer

Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.