Sadio Mane To Miss Senegal's World Cup Games Against Holland And Qatar With Leg Injury

Sadio Mane has been ruled out of Senegal's first two matches in World Cup Group A.

The 30-year-old forward sustained a leg injury during Bayern Munich's 6-1 win over Werder Bremen last week.

Mane was still named in Senegal's 26-man squad for the World Cup but there is no guarantee that he will be able to feature.

Abdoulaye Sow, a board member of the Senegalese Football Federation, said on Monday that Mane would miss his nation's "first games" in Qatar.

Sadio Mane will miss Senegal's first two games at Qatar 2022

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As quoted by GOAL, Sow said: "We will have to rely on playing the first games without Sadio and win without Sadio because we have 25 players apart from Sadio.

"No one would have wanted it, but that's what's happened to us."

Sow's statement definitively rules Mane out of Senegal's Group A opener against Holland on November 21.

Mane will not be able to play against former Liverpool teammate Virgil van Dijk when Senegal play Holland at the World Cup

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Mane will also miss Senegal's second fixture against hosts Qatar four days later.

It is unclear whether he will be able to play on November 29 in Senegal's final group game against Ecuador.

Should Senegal progress from Group A then their opposition in the round of 16 will come from Group B, which contains England, Wales, Iran and the USA.