Bayern Munich left-back Raphael Guerreiro was injured early in the Bundesliga match at Stuttgart on Saturday, a blow for the Bavarian club ahead of their Champions League semi-final at Real Madrid.
The Portugal international came off in the 17th minute after stretching too far to recover the ball. It appeared to be a muscle injury.
Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel made six changes from the team that drew 2-2 with Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final, with Guerreiro among the starters. The player made a good impression after playing at half-time of the first leg on Tuesday.
Alphonso Davies, Aleksander Pavlovic, Serge Gnabry, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Mathys Tel also started in place of Noussair Mazraoui, Konrad Laimer, Leon Goretzka, Thomas Müller and Leroy Sané (all substitutes) as well as Jamal Musiala (not in the squad). ‘effective) .
Bayern travel to Madrid on Wednesday. The winner of the two-legged semi-final will face either Borussia Dortmund or Paris Saint-Germain in the final in London on June 1.
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