"We managed to create difficulties for them, we wanted to push them out of their comfort zone and this is what we did really well in the first half... I started managing this team in 2015. We had highs, we had lows, but we keep concentration despite criticism, despite misunderstandings... We earned our victory, we went very far," Cisse said at the post match press conference.

Senegal will play Japan in Yekaterinburg on Sunday.

Both sides won their opening matches in Group H on Tuesday.

"We are going to start preparing for Japan game, but at the moment we need to rest, to recuperate. It's going to be a difficult match with Japan after this Polish match... I briefly watched that match [between Japan and Colombia], but yesterday I said that you couldn't underestimate Japan. It's a hardworking team... You also have the freshness factor... Senegal does want to go through the group phase, and winning against Poland is a great start," the coach said.