Sadio Mane suffers head injury in their victory over Cap Verde as he was taken to the hospital.
Senegal forward Sadio Mane suffers head injury then later score to help his side reach the quarter final of the African Cup of Nations.
Mane left the pitch shortly after he scored after he complained of headache and was taken to hospital.
Later on Tuesday, both Mane and Vozinha were pictured together smiling and giving the thumbs up from hospital.
Senegal head coach Aliou Cisse said of Mane’s condition after the win: “I don’t know, but I hope he is ok, he is in hospital now, we will see.
“I have no news from the doctors, I hope there is nothing serious, but in any case I can’t give any information on Sadio.
“He had a shock with the goalkeeper, he didn’t feel well, his head felt dizzy so he left [the pitch].”
Substitute Bamba Dieng scored the second goal for Senegal in the stoppage time against Cape Verde side, who also had Patrick Andrade sent off after 20 minutes.
It remains to be seen whether Mane will be available to play for the Lions of Teranga in the quarter-final on Sunday against either Mali or Equatorial Guinea.
Mane had struck the woodwork in the opening minutes but it proved a false dawn as Senegal laboured through the first half, as they had done in the group phase where they finished top of the standings despite scoring once.
But their task was made easier when Andrade was dismissed for a studs-up challenge on Pape Gueye that continued a spate of similar punishments for dangerous tackles in the tournament.
It left Cape Verde down to 10 men for the final 70 minutes but they were reduced to nine when Vozinha was sent off.
He came out to challenge for a long ball against Mane with the two clashing heads. Vozinha was badly concussed and stumbled around the field for several minutes before being persuaded to go off by his team-mates.
In the interim, the referee was asked to look at the incident by the VAR and determined that Vozinha was reckless in his challenge on Mane, who was left with a swollen cheekbone. It seemed a harsh decision for the islanders, who quickly conceded.
A corner was half-cleared to an unmarked Mane who hit the ball into the net off the underside of the crossbar.
But he then looked uncomfortable almost immediately afterwards and sat down before walking off to be substituted.
Replacement Dieng got his first international goal on the counter-attack in stoppage time as Cape Verde threw caution to the wind in their bid to try and force an unlikely equaliser.
Source: Skysports
