Mane ruled out of group games in Qatar

<p>SADIO Mane will miss Senegal’s “first games” at the World Cup because of a leg injury, an official from the country’s football federation has said.</p>, <p>The Bayern Munich forward was named in the Teranga Lions squad for Qatar despite being forced off in a club game last week.</p>, <p>The German champions said the 30-year-old had an injury “to his right fibula”, but Senegal coach Aliou Cisse said Mane does not need an operation.</p>, <p>The West Africans begin their Group A campaign against the Netherlands on Monday, with games against hosts Qatar (November 25) and Ecuador (November 29) to follow.</p>, <p>“We will have to rely on playing the first games</p>, <p>without Radio and win without Sadio,” Senegal football federation (FSF) board member Abdoulaye Sow told AP.</p>, <p>“No one would have wanted it, but that’s what’s happened to us.”</p>, <p>Sow added Senegal should “not whine too much” about the absence of the two-time African Footballer of the Year.</p>, <p>Mane is Senegal’s talisman, having scored the winning penalty when the Teranga Lions became continental champions for the first time in February, defeating Egypt in a shoot-out in the Africa Cup of Nations final.</p>, <p>Within two months Mane had repeated the feat, netting the decisive spot-kick as Senegal beat Egypt in a game that again pitted him against</p>, <p>then Liverpool teammate Mohammed Salah – on penalties in a playoff to qualify for Qatar.</p>