Hardly a day goes by when MSV Duisburg doesn’t have to deal with bad news. Now a defensive midfielder has been hit again.
How much bad luck can MSV Duisburg endure in the 3rd league? After Marvin Bakalorz and Sebastian Mai, the third top performer has now been hit.
Caspar Jander is out indefinitely with a knee injury. The club announced this on Monday afternoon. An examination confirmed the knee injury on Monday. It was not said exactly what the talent is that is moving to second division club 1. FC Nürnberg in the summer.
It was the 43rd minute in the home game against Jahn Regensburg when Jander collided with Elias Huth in front of the Jahn penalty area and fell to the ground. He was treated and had to go out first. But after a few moments he returned. However, things didn’t continue during the break and he was replaced by winter signing Erik Zenga.
The veteran shouldn’t actually have to play for more than 90 minutes because he lacks match practice, as MSV coach Boris Schommers explained before the game against leaders Regensburg.
Now he will have to grit his teeth and jump into the breach earlier than planned. The Jander injury comes at a bad time for the Zebras. The gap to the saving bank is eight points 14 games before the end of the season. And with the midfield talent, Bakalorz, Mai, Chinedu Ekene and Niclas Stierlin, five players are out. After all, Pascal Köpke’s comeback is foreseeable and Joshua Bitter is also back on board after his red card suspension.
But the need is particularly great in the defensive midfield after the departure of Jander, Bakalorz and Stierlin. Only Santiago Castaneda is still available there. But he has to watch the next yellow card. In addition to Castaneda, Vincent Müller and Robin Müller are also threatened with a break with the next warning.
There’s only one chance left: The rest of the Duisburg team has to get even closer together, ideally on Saturday (2 p.m.) when they go to the away game against SC Verl.