Borussia Dortmund confirmed that defender Nico Schlotterbeck will miss the rest of the season after struggling a meniscus tear in his left knee.
Schlotterbeck was absent from Dortmund’s 4-1 win over Freiburg within the Bundesliga on Saturday, together with his damage coming at an important level within the marketing campaign for BVB.
Dortmund are eighth within the Bundesliga desk with six matches of their season remaining, and are 5 factors adrift of reaching the Champions League locations.
BVB are in motion on Wednesday as they journey to the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys to tackle Barcelona within the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final conflict.
The 25-year-old has gained 53 aerial duels within the Bundesliga this season, a complete solely bettered by Serhou Guirassy (92).
He additionally took up a peculiar position below Niko Kovac on set-pieces in current weeks, delivering two assists from nook kicks in Dortmund’s 3-1 win over Mainz final month, changing into the one defender to have achieved so in Europe’s high 5 leagues in a league match this season.
Powerful information to shut out the season: Nico Schlotterbeck has sustained a meniscus tear in his left knee and might be sidelined for the rest of the marketing campaign. pic.twitter.com/ki3zfAZLwb
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“Nico’s loss hits us very arduous,” Dortmund Sporting Director Sebastian Kehl stated.
“He’s an important a part of our crew and has impressed with persistently good performances this season.
“We hope that he might be match once more shortly and can obtain most assist from us on his manner again.”
Kovac will now must depend on Emre Can, Waldemar Anton, Niklas Sule, and Ramy Bensebaini to fill the hole on the coronary heart of the defence left by Schlotterbeck for the run-in.
