Senegal take on Netherlands in Group A of the 2022 World Cup on Monday.

The match will kick off at 4pm GMT in Al Thumama, Qatar, exactly 24 hours after the hosts' opening match begins against Ecuador on Sunday.

Senegal have suffered a major blow before the World Cup has even begun, with Bayern Munich forward Sadio Mane ruled out of the tournament due to a fibula injury, which he sustained against Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga earlier this month.

Head coach Aliou Cisse had hoped that the issue would only prevent his star man from playing in the Lions of Teranga's first match or two, but Cisse will now have to adjust his tactical blueprint to deal with the absence of the former Liverpool man.

Mane, who scored two winning penalties against Egypt to seal Senegal's first ever Africa Cup of Nations triumph as well as cement their place in Qatar earlier this year, clearly leaves a major hole to fill in attack, with only Ismaila Sarr and Famara Diedhiou in double figures for goals scored (10 apiece) for their national team.

However, Cisse's side are generally tough to break down, with six clean sheets in their last eight competitive matches proving to be the bedrock of their recent AFCON success and qualification for the World Cup.

The 46-year-old will almost certainly be looking for his players to keep things tight against Netherlands, before going into more winnable fixtures against Qatar and Ecuador as they look to reach the knockout stages for only the second time in their history.

May Senegal without Sadio Mane win, Ecuador may be looking for one more draw to qualify.......

Senegal will get the job done with or without Sadio Obidient Mane.
Wakanda forever

Solarsol:
Senegal will get the job done with or without Sadio Obidient Mane.
Wakanda forever

I hope so.......

Make anybody win

Since I have no business with this match

correct score ²:¹
Stake your house rent thank me later

Senegal to win or draw ...but I dont see them loosing dis match

No Mane, No Senegal

0:3 ft
5 yellow cards and 1 red card for Senegal

Interesting match of the day

I wish Senegal all the best!

Senegals go chop 3,pass tinubu and northern babes.d goals go long.no African team go score one goal untill Dem all come back home

Correct score: 1 : 1 for me.

Senegal 0-2 Netherland

No Mane, Senegal in soup

Wotoporiously Speaking

Senegal 1 v Netherlands 1

Omooba77:
May Senegal without Sadio Mane win, Ecuador may be looking for one more draw to qualify.......

Very likely they will qualify..

Senegal is losing this Game, no two ways about it.

Abi na Mendy and Chelsea security wan save dem.

Following.

Mak I book space

I want Senegal to win but Netherland will win this. Had Mane fit, it would have been better hope

Rooting for Senegal

Senegal cannot win this game. Van gaal knows how to play game(tournament matches) than weekly matches. Netherland is winning

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