Bayern Munich’s understaffed defence has been dealt one other setback, with the membership confirming on Thursday centre-back Matthijs de Ligt will probably be lacking “for the time being” with a knee damage.
The membership didn’t specify how lengthy de Ligt would spend on the sidelines, saying he was “out for the time being” and “will be missing from FC Bayern in the next games.”
Bayern journey to rivals Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
The Netherlands central defender injured his proper knee as Bayern have been eradicated 2-1 to third-division Saarbruecken within the German Cup on Wednesday evening.
De Ligt, who has simply returned from an damage to the identical knee, grabbed his leg and signalled instantly to the bench 19 minutes into the match, earlier than being subbed out.
Midfielder Joshua Kimmich moved to centre-back, with Bayern having just one match central defender within the squad.
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Bayern’s French centre-back Dayot Upamecano has missed the membership’s final 4 matches with a hamstring damage.
Manager Thomas Tuchel confirmed after the match de Ligt’s damage was to the “same knee” and “was extremely painful”.
Bayern took the lead via Thomas Mueller after simply 16 minutes, however their third division opponents equalised in first-half damage time.
With the scores locked at 1-1 and the sport wanting set to go to further time, Saarbruecken’s Marcel Gaus scored within the sixth minute of damage time to win.
The loss means 20-time German Cup winners Bayern have been eradicated within the second spherical in three of the previous 4 years.
Bayern sit second on the Bundesliga, two factors forward of Dortmund, and haven’t misplaced a conflict between the 2 sides since 2018.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com