Re: Africa Football Discussion Thread || Current discussion: African teams at Qatar.
Senegal chances dropped after Sadio Mane injury and withdrawal from the list of players unfortunately. They were able to advance to the next stage but that doesn't mean they lost that possibility obviously but their chance was reduced.
Mane doesn't make the team, he depends on his teammates to find the back of the net. Contrary to what other people may say, I don't think his absence is going to be such a big issue as long as they play as aggressively as a team, their odds will be higher. And they may be the second African team to reach the knockout stages after Ghana. Well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.Well things can be very hard for the Senegalese team, at one point they kept the hope that they could make it to the World Cup, the treatments, the herbs and everything that he applied did not work, this is something that greatly entertained the people from Senegal, I think that one of the things that will be missed the most is the way he scores goals, but Senegal also has to see this as an opportunity for a new leader to be born and the team to be shouldered, they have to put in context that African teams always come out with something very good and have great talent, and they are in the World Cup, this is something that makes the players grow a lot and believe it, they can give very good surprises, but everything It is in the minds of the players.
Senegal will miss Sadio Mane on their World Cup journey, but don't count them out
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DOHA, Qatar -- Edouard Mendy has had to change his routine at the start of the World Cup.
It won't be Sadio Mane that he meets first for breakfast every morning during the World Cup in the Al Duhail Complex where the Senegal squad is staying during the tournament. The Chelsea goalkeeper and the Bayern Munich forward have their shared habits and little routines: before the African Cup of Nations that Senegal eventually won earlier this year, they even flew to national team duty together by private jet.
Like Mendy, every single player in the squad will miss Mane in one way or another. The younger players see him as an icon and a model, a different kind of relationship than the Bayern star has with Mendy or even Kalidou Koulibaly, who considers Mane as more of a brother. But the former Liverpool star always has a word and some time for all the players, regardless of their status or experience.
It won't be Sadio Mane that he meets first for breakfast every morning during the World Cup in the Al Duhail Complex where the Senegal squad is staying during the tournament. The Chelsea goalkeeper and the Bayern Munich forward have their shared habits and little routines: before the African Cup of Nations that Senegal eventually won earlier this year, they even flew to national team duty together by private jet.
Like Mendy, every single player in the squad will miss Mane in one way or another. The younger players see him as an icon and a model, a different kind of relationship than the Bayern star has with Mendy or even Kalidou Koulibaly, who considers Mane as more of a brother. But the former Liverpool star always has a word and some time for all the players, regardless of their status or experience.
Source: https://www.espn.co.uk/football/fifa-world-cup/story/4807365/can-senegal-rally-without-sadio-mane-at-world-cup