Germany forward Werner ruled out of World Cup with ankle ligament injury

Werner
down
injured
in
the
first
half
following
a
challenge
from
Shakhtar
Donetsk’s
Taras
Stepanenko,
and
was
substituted
after
attempting
to
continue.

The
26-year-old
was
replaced
by
Emil
Forsberg
in
the
19th
minute
and
Leipzig
went
on
to
win
the
game
4-0,
securing
their
place
in
the
round
of
16.

Leipzig
on
Thursday
announced
Werner
will
not
play
again
this
year,
stating
in
a
tweet:
“Timo
Werner
suffered
an
ankle
injury
last
night
in
the
win
over
Shakhtar
Donetsk.

“Scans
today
in
Leipzig
showed
that
he
has
unfortunately
torn
the
syndesmosis
ligament
in
his
left
ankle
and
will
therefore
be
out
for
the
rest
of
2022.”

Timo
Werner
suffered
an
ankle
injury
last
night
in
the
win
over
Shakhtar
Donetsk.

Scans
today
in
Leipzig
showed
that
he
has
unfortunately
torn
the
syndesmosis
ligament
in
his
left
ankle
and
will
therefore
be
out
for
the
rest
of
2022.

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—
RB
Leipzig
English
(@RBLeipzig_EN)

November
3,
2022

Since
making
his
debut
in
2017,
Werner
has
scored
24
goals
in
55
matches
for
his
country.

He
rejoined
Leipzig
in
August
after
two
seasons
with
Chelsea
and
has
scored
nine
goals
in
16
matches
for
the
Bundesliga
club,
but
will
not
be
boarding
the
plane
to
Qatar.

The
news
is
a
blow
to
Germany
head
coach
Hansi
Flick
as
he
prepares
for
his
first
major
tournament
in
charge
since
replacing
Joachim
Low,
with
their
opening
game
against
Japan
on
November
23.

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