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10 days to go! Sadio Mane named in Senegal's 2022 World Cup squad despite suffering an injury

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Bayern's Sadio Mane, centre, and Bremen's Amos Pieper, second from right, challenge for the ball . (AP)

Sadio Mane was included in Senegal's World Cup squad on Friday as coach Aliou Cisse gambled on one of the world's best forwards being fit and ready in time after injuring his lower right leg this week playing for Bayern Munich.

Cisse said Senegal's medical team hoped that Mane would need about a week to recover from the injury he sustained on Tuesday in a league game and therefore be ready for Senegal's opening game at the World Cup against the Netherlands on Nov. 21 - on paper the strongest team Senegal will face in Group A in Qatar.

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