Cisse was unable to take training on Friday ahead of Sunday’s match in Qatar and he also missed Senegal’s pre-match press conference on Saturday.
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The outstanding player sustained the leg issue while playing in Bayern Munich’s 2-0 win over Schalke on Saturday.
National team head coach Aliou Cisse was named Coach of the Year, after leading his team to their first continental title and another FIFA World Cup qualification.
Cisse is confident they will defeat the Pharaohs on Tuesday to qualify for the tournament in Qatar in spite of the 1-0 loss on Friday
Aliou Cisse’s side were denied a first AFCON title by Algeria back in 2019, but they will now have another chance against either Cameroon or Egypt on Sunday.
“He’s doing well,” Senegal coach Aliou Cisse said Saturday, suggesting the Liverpool forward would be available despite taking a heavy blow to the head in a 2-0 win over Cape Verde in the last 16.
Aliou Cisse’s side, who are 9/2 favourites to lift the trophy in February, were due to leave Dakar for their base in Cameroon on Tuesday, but it has been confirmed that the journey has now been delayed in the wake of the positive tests.
The 45-year-old tasted defeat in a final first as captain in 2002 where he missed a penalty kick in the shootout defeat to Cameroon, and then as coach in 2019.
Senegal national team manager, Aliou Cissé, announced his 27-man squad set to compete in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.…
Influential midfielder, Idrissa Gana Gueye, will return from injury for Senegal when they take on Kenya on Monday in their last group game at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Senegal’s best result at the continental tournament was in 2002 when they finished runners-up, but they are expected to challenge for a first crown in Egypt.
Senegal’s coach Aliou Cisse has had his contract extended up to 2021 while his salary has also been upwardly reviewed.
He was given the onerous task of ensuring his team reached the final of next year’s Africa Nations Cup tournament.
Senegal are on four points after two matches while Colombia are on three
Neither side’s goalkeeper was troubled for much of the 90 minutes but an own goal and a stray back pass handed all the advantage to Senegal, playing in their first World Cup in 16 years, before the Poles secured a late consolation.
The coach, who was part of his country’s history-making team of 2002 which reached the quarter-finals at South Korea-Japan, opened up at the post-match conference.
It took until the 18th minute for Senegal to create the first real opening of the match with M’Baye Niang being played through on goal
Liverpool have already ruled him out for up to six weeks, as the 25-year-old is still training indoors after suffering a hamstring injury on international duty earlier this month.
Senegal, who need two points to qualify for next year’s finals in Russia, play South Africa away in Polokwane on November 10 and then at home in Dakar on November 14.
Giresse – who took over in 2013 – left his post after failing to guide Senegal through the group stages of the recent African showpiece