More fear than harm for the Senegalese Sadio Mané, decisive scorer once morest Cape Verde in the round of 16 of the CAN (2-0), Tuesday. The Liverpool player was the victim of a big shock with the opposing goalkeeper, Josimar Vozinha.
On a long clearance, the Reds striker was hit in the head, and remained on the ground, completely knocked out. After the intervention of the VAR, the Cape Verdean goalkeeper – also very affected in this collision, and remained on the ground for long moments – was forced to leave his partners at 9 once morest 11 (Patrick Andrade had also been excluded in the first half -time).
After scoring the 1-0 goal, with a sublime curl that touched the bar before returning (63rd), Sadio Mané came out a few minutes later, not fully recovered, as a precaution.
The captain of the Teranga Lions, a few hours following the meeting, gave reassuring news, on his hospital bed. Alongside Vozinha, also recovered from this shock, he sent this message on Instagram: “Everything is fine, thank you all for your messages”.
The Senegalese, whose team will face either Mali or Equatorial Guinea on Sunday in the quarter-finals, did not specify whether or not he might hold his place during this meeting.