Football Club: Bayern without injured Choupo-Moting, Stanisic against Werder

MUNICH: Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich will be without injured striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and defender Josip Stanisic when it travels with a “decimated squad” to Werder Bremen on Saturday, coach Thomas Tuchel said on the eve of the match.

The Bavarians, a point ahead of second-placed Borussia Dortmund with four games left this season, are already without the injured Alphonso Davies, Dayot Upamecano and Lucas Hernandez as well as the suspended Leon Goretzka.

“He is feeling the knee, and it causes discomfort,” Tuchel said of Choupo-Moting’s nagging injury.

“It feels like it is a matter of days (until he returns), and hopefully, it will remain so, but we cannot say that clearly. It’s been dragging on longer than initially expected.”

Stanisic picked up a muscle injury in training this week. “He will be out for about two weeks, but two weeks at this stage are a lot, and the number of matches is not increasing. It’s a pretty decimated squad,” he told a press conference. “We will probably need to add some reserve players to the squad.” Agencies

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