Europe 1 with AFP 8:39 p.m., November 17, 2022
Sentence fell.
Senegal star Sadio Mané has withdrawn from the 2022 World Cup due to his right fibula injury, the Senegalese Federation announced on Thursday.
The player will now undergo surgery soon.
It's a huge blow for Senegal.
The country's star Sadio Mané must forfeit the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Since his injury on November 8 with his club Bayern Munich, during the victory against Bremen (6-1), on contact with Werder defender Amos Pieper, everything has been done to treat the number 10 of the "Lions".
"Unfortunately, today's (Thursday) MRI shows us that the evolution is not favorable as we imagined and we unfortunately resolve to withdraw Sadio from the World Cup," said the doctor of the selection, Manuel Afonso, quoted on the Senegal Twitter account.
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Upcoming operation
The doctor clarified that "surgery should be scheduled very soon" to operate on the player.
Coach Aliou Cissé must now find a replacement for him, he has until Sunday, the day before Senegal enters the competition, against the Netherlands.
But Senegal, appearing among the outsiders of the competition, lost its leader, the one who had guided the Lions to their first title of African champions last February.