Senegal wants to repeat the feat at CAN 2023 scheduled from January 13 to February 11 in Ivory Coast. Aliou Cissé’s men know that it will be difficult for them to create a surprise again by lifting the trophy. But with Sadio Mané, everything remains possible for the Lions of Teranga. The national coach therefore did not fail to tease his star at a press conference a few days before the start of the competition.
Senegal is in the group of death for CAN 2023. The Lions of Teranga will face Cameroon, Guinea Conakry and Gambia (two derbies) before hoping to qualify for the round of 16. And Aliou Cissé, national coach of Senegal, is aware of the difficulty. But with Sadio Mané in his squad, he is capable of achieving the impossible for Senegal.
To understand how important the Al Nassr striker is for Senegal, it is appropriate to rehash the journey of the Teranga Lions at the last Qatar 2022 World Cup. Without Sadio Mané, injured, Senegal, champion of Reigning Africa struggled to get out of their group and were ridiculed in the round of 16 by England. But when the former Bavarian is there, Senegal is capable of moving mountains. With the native of Bambali, the Lions even beat Brazil in a friendly and recorded a fairly high success percentage.
Aliou Cissé teases Sadio Mané after Senegal – Niger
Senegal, which is preparing for CAN 2023, played a preparation match against Niger on Monday evening. Sadio Mané, who got married the day before, was logically absent and the Lions of Teranga had difficulty winning against the Menas.
At a press conference after the 1-0 victory against Niger, Aliou Cissé did not escape questions concerning the absence of the double African golden ball. The Senegal coach took the opportunity to titillate Sadio Mané, whom he constantly asked to marry.
But the child from Bambali took his time to choose the right person at 32 years old. And Aliou Cissé thinks it was important that he spent enough time with his family. “I believe marriage is. It’s still a pretty, pretty important moment. Football, it’s true that it’s our life, but there’s family too, there is, there is. There are moments of happiness like what Sadio is experiencing with the national team. All the people blamed them. I think that first of all I asked him all the time when are you going to get married? Now he knows, he got married, he worked well during the week. »
Aliou Cissé’s congratulations to Sadio Mané on his marriage
In front of the press, Aliou Cissé who initially teased his star, wishes him the best for his marriage. He justifies his absence from the match against Niger by the fact that it was important for him to spend more time with his wife, given that he got married the day before.
“He’s a boy who has also played a lot recently and I think that leaving him with his sweetheart, spending the evening and having good times with them, that can only do him good. We really wish him a lot of happiness and that and that and that really that he has many children and that as they say, what we think with him and with other children and many many things in this marriage there,” said Aliou Cissé in a post-match press conference.
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