Bayern Munich have confirmed that left-back Raphael Guerreiro will miss Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg in opposition to Actual Madrid via damage.
Guerreiro began the primary leg on the bench however got here on at half-time as a central midfielder, and he performed an integral function in Bayern wrestling management of the sport.
Sadly, he managed simply 17 minutes of Saturday’s conflict with Stuttgart earlier than happening with an ankle damage which pressured him to go away the stadium on crutches, and Bayern have now confirmed he’ll sit out Wednesday’s big conflict.
“FC Bayern should make do with out Raphael Guerreiro within the subsequent few matches,” a membership assertion learn.
“The Portuguese sustained a ligament and capsule damage in his ankle in Saturday’s Bundesliga match away at Stuttgart, as confirmed by a scan by the FC Bayern medical division. Guerreiro needed to be subbed off within the seventeenth minute in opposition to Stuttgart.”
There was, nevertheless, some optimistic information for Bayern, who went on to substantiate that Jamal Musiala skilled with the staff on Sunday regardless of choosing up a knock which pressured him off the sphere in opposition to Stuttgart.
Musiala was joined in coaching by centre-back Matthijs de Ligt, who has missed the final two video games via damage.
The tie is delicately poised after a 2-2 draw within the first leg. Bayern fell behind to a strike from Vinicius Junior however roared right into a lead after half-time because of targets from Leroy Sane and Harry Kane, who’s now only one purpose behind Wayne Rooney within the battle to turn out to be the very best scoring Englishman in Champions League historical past.
A late Vinicius penalty earned a share of the spoils for Madrid, who’ve progressed in 18 of the 19 European ties by which they didn’t lose the primary leg. Alternatively, Bayern have been eradicated in 4 of their 5 ties that started with a first-leg draw.
