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The Arsenal forward missed the decisive penalty as England lost the final to Italy in a shoot-out last summer and went on to suffer horrific online racist abuse in the aftermath.
The 27-year-old was not included in the matchday squad for the last 16 victory over Senegal due to a family matter.
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.
This followed the conclusion of group stage matches in the tournament being hosted by Qatar with spectacular upsets.
The result leaves the host bottom of Group A and facing elimination just five days after they opened the tournament with a 0-2 loss to Ecuador.
The Dutch, who missed out on the 2018 World Cup in Russia, looked to be heading for a scrappy goalless draw.
As the first knock-out round of the competition begins, here are some of the matches you should keep an eye out for;
The outstanding player sustained the leg issue while playing in Bayern Munich’s 2-0 win over Schalke on Saturday.
The Bayern Munich star has been suffering with a leg tendon injury sustained on November 7, but was passed fit to travel with his country to Qatar for the tournament.
The event will be streamed live in several countries over the next seven days and will feature Africa’s top beach soccer nations with defending champions, Senegal and hosts Mozambique some of the front runners.
The Jose Peseiro lads held on tightly to 31st position in the world and fourth best country in Africa.
The Group A match and opening ceremony has been brought forward as a stand-alone event, FIFA has confirmed.
It had been due to kick off on November 21, 2022, with Senegal facing Netherlands at Al-Thumama Stadium in Doha.
The Copper Queens made history when they secured their first FIFA World Cup berth and their first semi-final place.
The Jose Peseiro lads got only 1478.18 points in the new ranking to retain her her fifth place on the continent.
Ecuador and Senegal were drawn together in Group A for Qatar 2022 and will clash in the final round of matches.
Effervescent winger Flourish Sebastine, who plays her club football for Edo Queens, hit a hat-trick in the encounter.
The two –time World Cup runners-up have amassed a total of 18 goals in five matches in this long qualifying series, jettisoning Central African Republic, Republic of Congo and Cameroon on the way. Against the Central African Republic, the Falconets hit seven goals away and four at home, before lashing the Congolese girls 4-0 in Brazzaville, leading to the Congolese Football Federation opting not to fly their girls to Nigeria for the return leg.
In a ceremony in the presidential palace in the capital Dakar, he also appointed team members to the West African country’s prestigious Order of the Lion, as thousands of fans cheered outside the gates.