Today, it is a whole people who mourn the absence of their hero at the World Cup. Deprived of Sadio Mané, second in the last Ballon d’Or behind Blues striker Karim Benzema, Senegal is still not recovering. And tomorrow, it could be the turn of Bayern Munich fans to tremble. According to the German media Bild, the attacker underwent fibula surgery on Thursday, which implies an unavailability of around three months.
With such a delay, its participation in the knockout stages of the Champions League against PSG is therefore uncertain while Bayern Munich must face the Parisian club on February 14 in Paris for the first leg, March 8 in Bavaria for the return. .
On November 8, against Werder Bremen (6-1) in the Bundesliga, the Senegalese colossus was hit in the right fibula during contact with Amos Pieper. At a press conference this Thursday, Manuel Afonso, the doctor of the Senegal selection, returned to the striker’s package: “Since Sadio Mané’s injury, we had contacted Bayern Munich to get the information in primer, he said. And the next day, the club had sent us the images of his first MRI he had had, which showed an injury to his right knee. And for which, they invited us to go and examine the player and re-examine the images within the club. »
Quarter-finalists of the 2002 World Cup, Senegal will face the Netherlands on Monday for their first match of the World Cup. Placed in group A, he will then challenge the host country, Qatar (November 25) then Ecuador (November 29).
