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Mane leaves game with apparent injury (0:37)

There is an injury to Sadio's lower body. There is a time and a place for this.

Sadio Mane won't be playing in the World Cup in 2022, according to his country's federation.

The injury occurred in the 6-1 win over Werder. The team said that he had an injury to the head of the fibula bone in his lower right leg and that he would be out for a while.

The squad lists for the World Cup in 2022, will be published.

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Despite the injury, he was still included in the squad for the World Cup and was expected to miss the first game of the tournament.

The team revealed in a press conference on Thursday that the two-time African player of the year wouldn't be able to play in the tournament due to an injured ankle.

The latest news has arrived just now, and since the injury to Sadio Mane which happened on November 8, we made contact very quickly with Bavarians.

I traveled to get all of his data on the 10 and 11 of November. It was decided to have another magnetic resonance image today to see if it was possible for Sadio to stay in the World Cup.

"Unfortunately, today's magnetic resonance image has shown that the evolution is not as good as we had thought, and so we've decided that the World Cup will be forfeited, and that a surgical intervention will be scheduled very soon."

After their opener against the Dutch, the Senegalese will face the hosts of the group.