Football Update: Bayern and Bundesliga News- Robben was injured during the World Cup
The World Cup finalists and semi finalists have returned and have started playing for Bayern again. Franck Ribery actually played a joke on David Alaba and then drove the team bus with Daniel Van Buyten. Thomas Muller went back to his club right away and Miro Klose returned to his club duties as well, with a disappointed face.
Arjen Robben, received an injury some time during the World Cup and was diagnosed recently. This would leave him sitting on the bench for at least two months and apparently playing though out the World Cup has aggravated the injury and multiplied it.
The Bayern manager is looking for compensation for this from the Dutch Football Association (KNVB). It was confirmed by Karl Heinz Rummenigge, that FIFA has been asked to act as mediator by Bayern Munich.
Another well known name that is injured is Daniel Van Buyten and he will also be sitting on the bench for the time being, rumours say at least two weeks. Franck Ribery is trying hard to get back into shape after the surgery he went through right after the World Cup.
The happiest man right now is Toni Kross, as he can play left sided mid field and he can also play central midfield. Kross has told the media that he is not afraid to compete for his position in the squad and is ready to fight for it. He also mentioned that he is willing to play alongside Mueller and this might as well be the case in the future.
Schalke gave a really heavy beating to Bayern and this was especially true for Raul in the Final match of the LIGA Total Cup. Schalke won a whopping 3-1, after going down one in the sixth minute of the match by Deniz Mujic. It could be thought that Schalke was just picking on Bayern’s reserves, as first they made the equalizer through Raul then Edu scored for a lead and then Raul scored again with an executive style chip made into the net and giving the total overall score to 3-1.
In the last match before that Koeln was beaten by Bayern on penalties in one of the most boring friendlies that the crowd had ever seen in a finals match, Bayern won the match with the score 2-1.
Schalke definitely played really well and there was no doubt that there performance was just dazzling, Hamburg won the match against Koeln with a score of 3-0 and came in third place.
Schalke has now come into contract with the Spanish under 21’s International Sergio Escudero. What Schalke is trying to do in the mean time is that they are trying to lure and bag Mario Gomez away from Bayern. Felix Magath really wants to beat Bayern again even if playing with a different club.
One of the best coaches is Magath, when considering just rebuilding players and he is really trying to bring back Gomez. Entracht Frankfurt and Borussia Monchengladbach both have got wins over Chelsea and Liverpool. Even after there was a 1-0 loss against Molde FK at their own home and in this time Stuttgartis going into the European League group stages.
Again, Bayern is going to play against Schalke in the DFL Super Cup which is taking place in Ausburg.
In the end, Rummenigge said this about Robbens injury that FC Bayern Munich is obviously very angry and again the clubs have to pay the price for such an expensive injury, which occurred with him playing with the national team and not the club team.
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