Bayern Forward Coman Suffers Potentially Serious Knee Injury In Win Over Augsburg – News18

AUGSBURG, Germany: Bayern Munich ahead Kingsley Coman is believed to have a “fairly serious” knee harm after he went off harm towards Augsburg, coach Thomas Tuchel mentioned on Saturday.

The France ahead was harm seconds earlier than teammate Aleksandar Pavlovic opened the scoring within the twenty third minute. Coman was difficult for the ball and appeared to be trapped between an Augsburg participant and the goalpost.

He was changed by 18-yr-outdated ahead Mathys Tel. Bayern gained 3-2.

“It’s probably a fairly serious injury,” Tuchel mentioned. “It looked a painful one. There was no chance of him staying on the pitch. We’ll check the ligaments.”

Tuchel is coping with a variety of accidents to key gamers. Forward Serge Gnabry has not performed for greater than a month with an harm to a tendon linked to his adductor muscle, whereas defender Dayot Upamecano and midfielder Konrad Laimer picked up muscle accidents on Wednesday in a 1-0 win over Union Berlin. Midfielder Joshua Kimmich harm his shoulder in the identical recreation. Backup goalkeeper Daniel Peretz and proper again Bouna Sarr have been additionally out.

Central defender Kim Min-jae and proper again Noussair Mazraoui are on worldwide obligation with South Korea and Morocco respectively.

Bayern seems near finishing a deal to signal Galatasaray proper again Sacha Boey, who would give Tuchel extra choices in protection.

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