Striker Konate Out of Senegal’s Equatorial Guinea Qualifier

Coach Aliou Cisse will have to make do without the availability of Moussa Konate going into the game against Equatorial Guinea next month.

The erstwhile FC Sion goal-getter is ruled out of the tie scheduled for Malabo having torn a muscle during Armiens SC’s 2-1 defeat to Nantes last Saturday.

The 25-year-old had to be stretchered off in the 65^th minute as home fans feared for the worst.

Examination conducted by club doctors this morning revealed the extent of the injury, confirming the French Ligue 1 outfit’s fears, with Moussa set to be sidelined for the rest of the year.

The development means he will be unavailable for selection for the Taranga Lions’ qualifiers against Equatorial Guinea and Sudan with doctors not anticipating his full recuperation until at least the end of January 2019.

Capped twenty-seven (27) times, Lions’ coach Cisse will be left counting on other strikers available to him.

Bristol City’s Famara Diedhiou is tipped to take his place as table-toppers Senegal eye keeping their unbeaten record intact.

The West Africans will be garnering thirteen (13) points if they rub salt in the wounds of the National Thunder.