Senegal protector Saliou Ciss has been led out of the 2018 World Cup in Russia with a lower leg damage.
The 28-year-old left-back endured the damage in a month ago’s benevolent against Luxembourg and has not recouped adequately.
France-based protector Adama Mbengue has been drafted in to supplant Ciss in Senegal’s squad. The Teranga Lions will start their Russia 2018 crusade against Poland on 19 June in Moscow.
“Saliou Ciss can never again take part in the World Cup in light of genuine damage that happened amid our group’s planning,” the Senegal Football Federation (FSF) said in an announcement.
Mbengue, 24, who was on the four-man reserve list, is relied upon to join the group in Moscow on Sunday.
Groups are just permitted to supplant harmed players 24 hours before their opening amusements. At their first and final World Cup appearance in 2002, Senegal – drove by then commander and now mentor Aliou Cisse – achieved the quarter-finals and beat an elegant French side in the gathering stages.
This time around, Senegal should move beyond Poland, Colombia and Japan in Group H of the competition in Russia. After their opener against Poland on Tuesday, they will play Japan on 24 June and after that Colombia four days after the fact.