Inter, official: Bayern loses Davies and upamecano for injury

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Bad news for Bayern Munich, who loses Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano for injury. The left outside hurt during the last game of the Canadian national team won 2-1 against the United States. The 2000 class footballer broke the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee and will be out for six months. The team first in the standings in the German Bundesliga will not be able to count on him for the rest of the season, including the double challenge against Inter in the quarterfinals in the Champions League. The first leg is scheduled for Tuesday 8 April in Munich, a week before the return that is played on Wednesday 16 April in Milan. The coach Vincent Kompany evaluates three possible solutions: the Portuguese Raphael Guerreiro as an alternative to the Croatian Josip Stanisic, who usually plays on the right. On the other side on the same band Simone Inzaghi hopes to recover the Dutch Denzel Dumfries in time, currently in the infirmary for a muscle injury. For a knee problem, Bayern Munich also loses the French central defender Dayot Upamecano: in his place ready one between the Japanese Hiroki Ito and the English Eric Dier. Bayern officially confirms the absences of both players: “The FC Bayern will be without Alphonso Davies for a long time after the international break. Dayot Upamecano was also excluded for the next few weeks. Davies was diagnosed with a breakage of the crusader of the right knee after his return from international commitments with the Canadian national team and will be operated on. For German record champions for several months. Max Eberl, a member of the Bayern sports board council, said: “Unfortunately, there is always the risk that the players return from international breaks with accidents, this time we were affected in a particularly hard way. The absence of Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano weighs a lot on Bayern. Phonzy (the nickname of Davies, NDA) will receive all the support in Its recovery path. Currently stopped in the pits there are also goalkeeper Neuer, midfielder Pavlovic and attacker Coman (ex Juventus).