Football World Cup: Sadio Mané in Senegal selection despite his injury

The star striker of the Teranga lions was injured in peronea straight during a match of the German championship with his club, Bayern Munich, Tuesday evening.

Le Monde

Sadio Mané, best African player and second in the Ballon d’Or 2022, appears on the Senegal list for the 2022 World Cup presented on Friday November 11 in Dakar by coach Aliou Cissé, despite the recent injury that compromises his chances of playing .

Aliou Cissé said before the press hoping for an evolution in a few weeks and declared himself “optimistic”, the injury not requiring operation. “I preferred to keep it in the group (…). Sadio Mané is an important player in our workforce, it is important to continue to follow his injury hoping that within two weeks or three weeks, there will be an evolution . But we are really optimistic, “he said. “We will give ourselves all the means necessary to be able to recover Sadio Mané,” he said.

The participation of the star striker of the Teranga lions has been questioned since he was released in the 21 e minute during the match of the German championship with his club, Bayern Munich , against the Werder Bremen (6-1) Tuesday evening.

Senegal, winner of the last African Cup of Nations and Outsider announced from the World Cup, has since held his breath to the highest top of the state. Sadio Mané, sports leader in the selection, is affected at the right, according to the diagnosis communicated by his club, and will not play on Saturday in the championship in Gelsenkirchen against the Schalke 04.

The injury of Sadio Mané was experienced in Dakar as a shock, President Macky Sall Tweeting: “Sadio, I wish you speedy recovery following your injury during the Bayern-Werder Bremen match. As I told you : Sadio, lion’s heart! With all my heart with you! God bless you! “. Reigning African champion, after its coronation in early February, Senegal is one of the World Cup outsiders in Qatar.

/Media reports.