Marco Reus had to be substituted early on in the Revierderby against Schalke 04 with an injury. Even the World Cup seemed in danger. BVB sports director Sebastian Kehl speaks of “only” three to four weeks of downtime on Sunday.
Marco Reus does not have to worry about participating in the World Cup in Qatar because of his foot injury suffered in the derby against FC Schalke 04. “I can give a little all-clear”said Borussia Dortmund’s sports director Sebastian Kehl on Sunday morning on “Sport1”: “Yesterday’s tests didn’t show a fracture. He has a lateral ligament injury in his ankle, but it’s not serious enough to jeopardize the World Cup.” he hope “that Marco will be available to us again in three to four weeks.”
Reus twists his right ankle
The BVB captain made the headlines on Saturday (September 17th, 2022) after the Revierderby. After a fairly uneventful 30 minutes, Marco Reus apparently suffered a serious injury. After a duel, he climbed onto his opponent’s knee as he landed and then unhappily twisted his right ankle. The BVB captain fell to the ground and had to be carried off the field on a stretcher after a long treatment break.
In the evening, Reus reported via Instagram. He did not name a diagnosis, but thanked everyone for the many good wishes and promised: “I’ll be back soon! I’ll never give up!”
Terzic does not expect a long absence
“His ankle didn’t look so good at first glance. I hope it’s less bad than it looked.”, said BVB central defender Mats Hummels after the game. Dortmund’s coach Edin Terzic assumed on Saturday that his captain could have been lucky in his misfortune. “It looks like the ligaments were injured. We don’t yet know how long he’ll be out, so we’ll have to wait for more detailed investigations.”said the coach.
When asked if Reus would be out for about six to eight weeks, Terzic said: “No, we don’t think it will take that long. He’s injured his ankle a few times before.”
Reus often in World Cup bad luck
After strong performances, Reus had hopes of a squad nomination for the World Cup in November in Qatar.
The 33-year-old has repeatedly been thrown back by injuries in his career. Reus had to celebrate the 2014 World Cup title from the couch due to a syndesmosis ligament rupture, in 2016 he missed the EM due to pubic inflammation and he refrained from the EM 2021 out of caution to protect his body.