Benfica’s Bach has suffered a traumatic left knee sprain, announced this Saturday by the Portuguese First League leaders, and is set to miss the Champions League quarter-final opener against Inter Milan.
“Sport Lisboa e Benfica reports that athlete Bach suffered a traumatic sprain in his left knee with damage to the medial collateral ligament in a derby played on April 7,” the Eagles wrote on the official website.
The Danish international was in the starting line-up on Friday in the 2-1 loss to Porto for the 27th round of the I League, but after the release of the Colombian Uribe, he was replaced by the Brazilian Gilberto, 26 minutes.
The Incarnates did not reveal how long the 25-year-old right-back has been out of action, but it is likely that he will not recover in time to play against the Transalpine team and could lose a few more games. .
Games between Benfica and Inter are scheduled for 11 April (first leg) in Lisbon and 19 April (second leg) in Italy, where the winner of this match will face the winner of the 100th match in the semi-finals. % transalpine between Milan and Napoli.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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