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Borussia Dortmund star striker Erling Braut Haaland is sidelined with a leg damage till January.© AFP
Borussia Dortmund star striker Erling Braut Haaland is sidelined with a leg damage till January, however defender Mats Hummels has mentioned his ankle damage isn’t as dangerous as first feared. Haaland, 20, has claimed 17 targets in 13 video games this season, together with six in 4 Champions League video games because the competitors’s joint top-scorer. However, Dortmund coach Lucien Favre has confirmed he “won’t play again until January” with a torn leg muscle. “That hurts us, but perhaps he has played a little too much recently,” Favre added.
The Norway worldwide missed Wednesday’s 1-1 draw at dwelling to Lazio, which put Dortmund by to the final 16 of the Champions League.
A win at Zenit St Petersburg on Tuesday will verify Dortmund as Group F winners.
Hummels needed to be helped off the pitch in clear misery after Lazio goal-scorer Ciro Immobile trod on his ankle late in Wednesday’s recreation.
However, Dortmund’s chief defender mentioned the damage isn’t critical as first feared.
“I’m just back from hospital. It looks like it’s not so bad and could be good again in a few days,” Hummels posted on Instagram.
Dortmund, who’re fourth within the Bundesliga, at present have loads of strolling wounded as England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 17, limped off after the Lazio recreation.
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Defender Thomas Meunier and midfielder Emre Can had already been dominated out with knocks.
“A few players are on their last legs,” admitted sports activities director Michael Zorc with one eye on Saturday’s league match at Eintracht Frankfurt.
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