Barbara Dunst: Shock Cross band tear! Eintracht women meet hard!

Barbara Dunst: Shock Cross band tear! Eintracht women meet hard!

A black day for Austrian women's football! The sought-after midfielder Barbara Dunst suffered a cruciate ligament rupture in the right knee in a crucial playoff game against Poland. The 27-year-old injured herself in the 40th minute during a duel with the Polish player Wiktoria Zieniewicz, reported the Krone . The following day, Dunst was operated on in Innsbruck after the fears of a serious injury were confirmed. Her loss is not only an enormous challenge for the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB), but also for her club, Eintracht Frankfurt, where she was considered an "important support" and played numerous games.

shock for the Eintracht women

Eintracht now has to do without haze for months, and the team is once again faced with injury problems. According to 90min , Tanja Pawollek has just recovered from a similar injury. The Situation for the SGE is precarious, since the young talents Ilayda and Dilara Acigköz are still in rehabilitation. "The fact that our fears and the diagnosis of cruciate ligament rupture has been primarily for Barbara itself, but also a bad news for us," said team boss Irene Fuhrmann. The Austrian team lost the game 0-1 and thus missed the qualification for the European Championship, which reinforces the grief for haze.

the more bitter is the setback, since haze has recently been in top shape both in the club and in the national team. Your absence will be significantly noticeable in the coming months, both on the square and in team dynamics. All eyes are now on their healing process, with the hope that she can regain her usual strength as soon as possible.