Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala was taken to hospital after badly injuring his left leg in his staff’s defeat towards Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday within the Membership World Cup quarterfinals.
Musiala was harm late within the first half following a 50-50 problem with PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. The replay of the grotesque harm was not proven on the massive screens at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Bayern Munich sporting director Max Eberl mentioned after the sport that Musiala had been taken to hospital. “For me, this is not a results of fixed taking part in,” he added. “It’s extra of an accident, it occurred and that is clearly unhealthy for us.”
“It did not look good,” Bayern coach Vincent Kompany mentioned. “If I am simply watching the photographs, it appeared like an ankle harm of some sort, however I am not going to make a analysis right here.”
He added: “After I’m sat right here subsequent to you now, the factor that will get my blood nonetheless boiling in the meanwhile, it isn’t the end result. I perceive that is soccer, however it’s the truth that it occurred to somebody that enjoys the sport a lot, however he is additionally essential for us.”
Musiala, a 22-year-old who additionally performs for Germany‘s nationwide staff, entered Saturday’s match with three targets within the event — one behind Golden Boot leaders Ángel Di María and Marcos Leonardo. His Membership World Cup targets introduced his tally to twenty this season, together with 12 within the Bundesliga and three within the Champions League.
Musiala’s harm got here simply earlier than halftime. The referee whistled for the break because the midfielder acquired therapy on the sphere. Serge Gnabry changed him within the lineup to start the second half, with the rating 0-0 at that time.
PSG went on to win 2-0, regardless of being lowered to 9 males after late crimson playing cards for Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernández, to achieve the semifinals.
“We instructed him he has our help as a result of it is by no means straightforward when this sorts of motion ends badly,” mentioned Désiré Doué, the scorer of PSG’s first objective. “It is also a part of soccer. Now we wish every part to go effectively for Jamal in his rehabilitation.”
Added PSG defender Achraf Hakimi: “To start with, I wish to ship my help to Musiala. He was a tough a part of the sport for us right now, and we all know that is a part of the game, however we wish to ship a message of help to him. We help him, and we wish to see him again on the pitch quickly as a result of he is an important participant.”
Musiala is a rising star, incomes Participant of the Yr for the German nationwide staff in 2024. He was additionally runner-up in 2023 for the Golden Boy award, which is awarded to Europe’s brightest under-21 expertise.
Musiala debuted for Bayern Munich in 2020 when he was 17, turning into the staff’s youngest-ever participant on the time of his debut. In 2022, he turned the primary teenager to look for Germany at a World Cup since 1958.
Due to the harm, Bayern might need to begin subsequent season with out Musiala. The German membership misplaced out on Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz to Liverpool within the switch market, leaving Bayern quick within the attacking midfield place.
“I do not know, concepts to interchange [him] now, Eberl mentioned. “We had a sport towards PSG, and we had an important sport. So we are going to do our job sooner or later.”
Data from ESPN’s Lizzy Becherano and The Related Press was used on this report.