Manuel Neuer is injured: “He has a broken rib” – goalkeeper is out until the end of the year

After the loudly proclaimed “title at home”, FC Bayern has to solve a groundbreaking compulsory task for the Champions League anniversary, even without Manuel Neuer, who has been injured for a long time. The captain will not only be missing for the record champions in Bayern’s 300th game in Europe’s premier football league, but will not be available again until January.

“He has a broken rib. He probably won’t play again this year,” confirmed coach Vincent Kompany on the eve of the game against Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday (9 p.m., Amazon Prime) in the Schalke Arena.

This meant that Neuer’s clash with Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong when they were eliminated from the DFB Cup the previous week turned out to be more serious than it already was. The 38-year-old Neuer had seen red for this action and had already missed the 4-2 league win against 1. FC Heidenheim with an injury.

Once again with representative Daniel Peretz in goal, the Munich team want to continue their climb up the table of the reformed league with another win against Donetsk. “We want to win against Shakhtar. Then we’ll be completely in the mix to win the last two games in January and move into the top eight,” demanded sports director Max Eberl.

Kompany: “We will give everything”

“We will do everything we can to end the year successfully,” said Kompany. Judging by their round of 16 formula – six wins are enough for the top 8 – the Munich team would have to get nine more points in 13th place after three wins and two defeats in the remaining games against Donetsk, at Feyenoord Rotterdam and at home against Slovan Bratislava.

To prepare for the important match against the 26th in the table. Shakhtar let Kompany and his team skip the annual general meeting on Sunday. In the distance, the Belgian could hear how the importance of the second premier class final after the 2012 final drama against Chelsea FC was emphasized again and again at the members’ convention.

“Our aim must be to be there in the season finale of the Champions League in our own stadium. This time we don’t call it Finale at home, this time we call it Title at home,” CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen shouted to the cheering members. “We know there is still a long way to go. Our players know that too.”