Sadio Mane continues to shine as the World Cup edges closer
Senegal forward Sadio Mane has scored in three successive UEFA Champions League games for Bayern Munich.
The 30-year-old helped Bayern to defeat Barcelona 3-0 at the Nou Camp on Wednesday night.
The victory saw the Bundesliga champions walk away as Group C winners.
Whereas Barça were sent into the Europa League after failing to secure the Last 16 spot in the Champions League.
Bayern has defeated Xavi’s side nine times out of their last 10 games.
Ever since joining Bayern at the beginning of the season from Liverpool, Mane has scored 10 goals in 19 games across all competitions for his new side.
The Senegalese star player played an important role in helping the country win their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations title held in Cameroon earlier this year, also inspiring them to this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
In July this year, Mane was named the prestigious African Player of the Year, following in the footsteps of his idol El Hadji Diouf.
He beat his former teammate Mohamed Salah and fellow countryman Edouard Mendy in the above-mentioned category.
This was the goal poacher’s second African Player of the Year award, winning it back in 2019.
And most recently, Mane was rewarded with the Socrates Award in recognition of his charity work in his native country.
SENEGAL WORLD CUP PROVISIONAL SQUAD
GOALKEEPERS
Edouard Mendy (Chelsea), Alfred Gomis (Rennes), Seny Dieng (QPR), Mory Diaw (Clermont)
DEFENDERS
Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea), Pape Abou Cisse (Olympiacos), Fode Ballo-Toure (AC Milan), Noah Fadiga (Brest), Ismail Jakobs (Monaco), Formose Mendy (Amiens), Moussa Niakhate (Nottingham Forest), Abdou Diallo (RB Leipzig)
MIDFIELDERS
Idrissa Gueye (Everton), Pathe Ciss (Rayo Vallecano), Cheikhou Kouyate (Nottingham Forest), Pape Gueye (Marseille), Krepin Diatta (Monaco), Nampalys Mendy (Leicester City), Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham), Mamadou Loum (Reading), Moustapha Name (Pafos)
FORWARDS
Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich), Boulaye Dia (Salernitana), Bamba Dieng (Marseille), Ismaila Sarr (Watford), Iliman Ndiaye (Sheffield United), Nicolas Jackson (Villarreal), Demba Seck (Torino).