Fans heartbroken after Senegal star Sadio Mane is reportedly ruled out of Qatar World Cup 2022
By Sunita Iyer | First Published Nov 9, 2022, 4:36 PM ISTBayern Munich star and Senegal captain Sadio Mane has reportedly been ruled out of the Qatar World Cup 2022 after suffering an injury during the Bavarians' 6-1 win against Werder in the Bundesliga on Tuesday.
Football fans have been left heartbroken after the latest reports suggested that Bayern Munich star and Senegal captain Sadio Mane has been ruled out for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
Senegal will begin their campaign in the Gulf nation against the Netherlands on November 21. But the reigning champions of Africa are now expected to be without talismanic forward Mane after the 30-year-old picked up an injury on Tuesday.
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The Bayern Munich star played just 20 minutes of the Bavarians' 6-1 win over Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga before he was forced off the pitch. The German giants initially played down fears of Mane missing the World Cup.
"Sadio Mané took a hit on his leg, which caused him a little nerve pain," Bayern Munich assistant Dino Toppmöller told reporters. "It's nothing too serious and it shouldn't impact his World Cup involvement."
However, according to L'Equipe and German sports channel Sport1, Mane will not be part of Senegal's World Cup team, leaving fans devastated. Senegal's World Cup 2022 group contains hosts Qatar, the Netherlands and Ecuador.
Following this news, several Mane fans took to Twitter to express their anguish and also blamed FIFA for organising the World Cup in the middle of the league season. "If you stick a World Cup in the middle of a season and pile on top huge fixture congestions before it starts, injuries are so likely. Heartbreaking stuff, as football fans we want to see a tournament that features the best players in the world. We’ve just lost one of them!" said one user.
Another football fan said, "Look at this stupidity @FIFAcom. By letting players play just before the second biggest football event is about to happen is utter nonsense. This will cause a World Cup winning team’s chance to 0 from winning a WC. PS: First is y’all know."
A third supported added, "Noooo. This is heartbreaking man. So many great players are gonna miss the World Cup due to injury."
Here's a look at some of the reactions on the micro-blogging site:
If you stick a World Cup in the middle of a season and pile on top huge fixture congestions before it starts, injuries are so likely.
Heartbreaking stuff, as football fans we want to see a tournament that features the best players in the world. We’ve just lost one of them! 😞 https://t.co/OwpCwRhvvN
Look at this stupidity . By letting players play just before the second biggest football event is about to happen is utter nonsense. This will cause a World Cup winning team’s chance to 0 from winning a WC.
PS: First is y’all know 🤣 https://t.co/zKx80iDRAN
Fuck, this world cup man, geez https://t.co/p9oWpoAaSZ
— The Answer (@Codex_ink)Heartbreaking! https://t.co/ebLGLHTkBy
— PAPA CHIMECHETAGOM (@AKABOGUIKENNAH)Noooo. This is heartbreaking man. So many great players are gonna miss the World Cup due to injury 💔 https://t.co/D2VWX3SeRM
— Yudeshan Naidoo (@Yudeshan_Naidoo)Heart break 💔 https://t.co/aanuKVEE5D
— Amadu Anusa👑 (@madu_anusa)I saw how this man fought with his life to defeat Egypt at the WC qualifier,this is Senegal golden generation,they just won their first AFCON in history,2022 is Sadio Mane’s golden year,but look at what bad timing has done to this man
Senegal’s first game is against Netherlands https://t.co/BTrdrapMFI
Cancel the World Cup ffs https://t.co/R6Zrus13Dt pic.twitter.com/fOVfKzS2SO
— bubu. (@nombulelo_booi)Having a World Cup in winter might go down as the worst idea in the history of football https://t.co/esg3GXo4oE
— Jalen Hurts 🥽 (@longlivxgambino)Omoh, It's better not to even play football bet this weekend at all, cox most players will want to be extra ordinary careful so as not to get injured. https://t.co/KK8dImL7Cw
— Bodmax🌟🌟💥🍏💯 (@BodmaxTips)Qatar 2022 is already a failure before it began https://t.co/FCHQruE5Nt
— Sporting King (@sportingking365)“Sadio Mane will miss the world cup”
Other Senegal players in the world cup: pic.twitter.com/iNH6eZ3AyD
this is disastrous for Senegal, damn it https://t.co/QzeYycsudL
— VUJ (@DavidVujanic)Devastating. Not only for , but for the World as a whole. Sending love! 🇸🇳🇸🇳🇸🇳 https://t.co/0PF8M0Nk9p
— Mike D (@MikeDOnAir)FIFA fucked up, why are we even playing club footy when the world cup is 10 days away...!!! https://t.co/d4Tr6XcOy0
— K (@BreezyRMA)No disrespect to hosts but the timing of the competition is bad and several important players will miss the tournament.... wish quickest recovery https://t.co/FAuIBWEoGY
— #SportHob (@TomiwaBabalola)Only one man to lead the line for Senegal upfront https://t.co/EdJLoBgpKm pic.twitter.com/NF1EXFm3f0
— Zain (@ZainWFC23)Even me as an avid Mané hater does not want to see this, the amount of players missing this World Cup through injury just highlights how awful the scheduling of it is and it could get even worse during the tournament itself, terrible situation https://t.co/EriQeZyt0T
— TS🍇(Munch) (@TrujistaSancho)
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