Sabitzer injured: Austria's team without a key player against Serbia!

Sabitzer injured: Austria's team without a key player against Serbia!

tragic news for the Austrian national football team: Marcel Sabitzer will be in the decisive Nation League playoff against Serbia due to injury. The midfielder, who plays for Borussia Dortmund, suffered a knee injury in the Bundesliga game against RB Leipzig that came up during a duel. During the campaign, he collided with his teammate Pascal, which meant that he had to be carried out of the pitch in the 33rd minute, like laola1 reported .

The severity of the injury was initially uncertain, but after an MRI examination it was confirmed that it was not a cruciate ligament rupture that would have ended his season prematurely. Instead, he needs four weeks for rehabilitation training, as well as Kleine Zeitung reported. During this time, Sabitzer will miss the two caps on Thursday in Vienna and on Sunday in Belgrade, which is a bitter setback for the team.

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ÖFB team boss Ralf Rangnick for the time being, a post-nomination for Sabitzer, who scored 20 goals for Austria in his 87 international matches, but has so far remained for Dortmund without a scorer. In the defense, on the other hand, David Alaba, who has also returned from a knee injury, could celebrate his comeback against Serbia. Xaver Schlager is also in the squad, but is expected to only be planned for short missions because he also had a long downtime due to another knee intervention.