Sadio Sane versus Rob Lewandowski as Poland brace for Senegal test
Moscow — Robert Lewandowski and Sadio Mane face off in a mouthwatering World Cup shoot-out between two of Europe’s most lethal forwards on Tuesday as Poland take on Senegal. Bayern Munich’s Lewan-dowski finished Europe’s football season as the Bundesliga’s top scorer for the third time with 29 goals, netting 41 times in all competitions. Mane scored 10 Champions League goals — including one in the final in Kiev — forming a devastating strike force at Liverpool alongside Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino of Brazil. "I believe Sadio can be one of the stars of the tournament," said former Senegal player El Hadji Diouf, who played in Japan and South Korea in 2002, the only other time the country reached the World Cup. Poland go into the Group H match at Moscow’s Spartak Stadium as favourites and are expected to emerge from a section also featuring Colombia and Japan. Ranked eighth in the world, it is Poland’s eighth World Cup appearance, with coach Adam Nawalka’s side desperate ...
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