Mane misses World Cup 2022
Mane was injured and left the field after only 20 minutes in the match Bayern beat Bremen 6-1 in the Bundesliga on the evening of November 8. A day later, the French newspaper L'Équipe reported that the 30-year-old star would not be able to play any matches in the 2022 World Cup. This information was quoted by many newspapers and experts, including news expert Fabrizio Romano. .
In a press conference after the game on the evening of November 8, coach Julian Nagelsmann said: "Mane injured the top of his tibia and will have to have an X-ray. Hopefully the injury is not too severe, but we will only know the extent tomorrow. ".
Bayern have yet to make any other announcements about Mane's injury.
L'Équipe says Mane will be out for several weeks because of a knee ligament injury. Coach Aliou Cisse will finalize the list of 26 Senegalese players to attend the World Cup on 11/11, and he will likely have to remove the name of captain Mane.
Mane was born on April 10, 1992 in a poor village in Senegal, grew up at the Metz club in France, before joining Salzburg (Austria). He played for Southampton for two seasons, before joining Liverpool in the summer of 2016 and gradually becoming an African star. Mane helped Liverpool win the 2019 Champions League and the English Premier League in 2020. He also led Senegal to the African championship in 2021, and a place in the 2022 World Cup after defeating Egypt in the match for a ticket. In the summer of 2022, he moved to Bayern to replace Robert Lewandowski.
Before Mane, there were many stars who missed the 2022 World Cup due to injury such as Diogo Jota (Portugal), Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante (France), Reece James, Ben Chillwell (England), Giovani Lo Celso (Argentina). or Ronald Araujo (Uruguay). In addition, many players are also at risk of missing the first matches of the World Cup, including Son Heung-min (South Korea), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Yann Sommer (Switzerland), Paulo Dybala (Argentina), Mike Maignan (France). , Marco Reus (Germany) or Dusan Vlahovic (Serbia).
