{"id":1252014,"date":"2022-11-16T17:08:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/16\/sadio-mane-out-of-first-games-in-qatar\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T17:08:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T17:08:32","slug":"sadio-mane-out-of-first-games-in-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/16\/sadio-mane-out-of-first-games-in-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadio Mane out of &#8216;first games&#8217; in Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/127641790_sadiomaneinjury-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"_127641790_sadiomaneinjury\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Sadio Mane will miss Senegal\u2019s \u201cfirst games\u201d at the World Cup because of a leg injury, an official from the country\u2019s football federation has said.<\/p>\n<p>The Bayern Munich forward was\u00a0named in the Teranga Lions squad\u00a0for Qatar despite being forced off in a club game last week.<\/p>\n<p>The German champions said the 30-year-old had an injury \u201cto his right fibula\u201d, but Senegal coach Aliou Cisse said Mane does not need an operation.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The West Africans begin their Group A campaign against the Netherlands on Monday, with games against hosts Qatar (25 November) and Ecuador (29 November) to follow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have to rely on playing the first games without Sadio and win without Sadio,\u201d Senegal football federation (FSF) board member Abdoulaye Sow told AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo-one would have wanted it, but that\u2019s what\u2019s happened to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sow added Senegal should \u201cnot whine too much\u201d about the absence of the two-time African Footballer of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Mane is Senegal\u2019s talisman, having scored the winning penalty when the Teranga Lions\u00a0became continental champions\u00a0for the first time in February, defeating Egypt in a shoot-out in the Africa Cup of Nations final.<\/p>\n<p>Within two months Mane had repeated the feat, netting the decisive spot-kick as Senegal beat Egypt \u2013 in a game that again pitted him against then Liverpool team-mate Mohammed Salah \u2013 on penalties\u00a0in a play-off to qualify for Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XOIS60s_8EU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One on on with Mr  Francis Asenso Boakye - Badwam Mpensenpensenmu. 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