From bad to worse for the Borussia Dortmund. After witnessing the comeback of Barcelonascored by substitute Ferran Torres’ brace, the yellow and black team had to deal with a serious loss. Nico SchlotterbeckBVB central defender may have been seriously injured in the defeat suffered on matchday six of the Champions League.
In fact, in the last action of the match against Barcelona, the player born in 1999 suffered a bad injury right foot injury after attempting a header above the Catalans’ goal, following a duel with Pau Cubarsi. The landing, following the take-off, was not exactly lucky. Indeed, Schlotterbeck landed badly and immediately felt extreme pain, remaining on the ground for several minutes in the Spanish opponents’ penalty area, where he was assisted by the Borussia Dortmund doctors.
Subsequently, Schlotterbeck, with his hands on his face, he left the pitch on a stretcher: The coach, Nuri Sahinexpressed visible concern in front of the microphones of DAZN: “I don’t have a diagnosis yet. Nico is obviously dejected. It would be a disaster if he had to stay out too. I’ve seen the pictures, and they don’t look good at all,” he comments.
El tobillo de Schlotterbeck da miedo
I hope it’s not as much as it seems pic.twitter.com/IvN34SoBGs
— Javi Brocal (@Javi_bburillo) December 11, 2024
The updated ranking
1. Liverpool 18 (dr +12)
2. Barcelona 15 (dr +14)
3. Arsenal 13 (dr +9)
4. Bayer Leverkusen 13 (dr +7)
5. Aston Villa 13 (dr +6)
6. Inter 13 (dr +6)
7. Brest 13 (dr +4)
8. Lilac 13 (dr +3)
9. Borussia Dortmund 12 (dr +9)
10. Bayern Munich 12 (dr +9)
11. Atletico Madrid 12 (dr +4)
12. Milan 12 (dr +3)
13. Atalanta 11 (dr +9)
14. Juventus 11 (dr +4)
15. Benfica 10 (dr +3)
16. Monaco 10 (dr +2)
17. Sporting 10 (dr +2)
18. Feyenoord 10 (dr -1)
19. Bruges 10 (dr -2)
20. Real Madrid 9 (dr 1)
21. Celtic 9 (dr 0)
22. Manchester City 8 (dr +4)
23. PSV 8 (r +2)
24. Dinamo Zagreb 8 (dr -5)
25. PSG 7 (dr 0)
26. Stuttgart 7 (dr -3)
27. Shakhtar Donetsk 4 (dr -8)
28. Sparta Prague 4 (dr -11)
29. Sturm Graz 3 (dr -5)
30. Girona 3 (dr -6)
31. Stella Rossa 3 (dr -9)
32. Salzburg 3 (dr -15)
33. Bologna 2 (dr -6)
34. Leipzig 0 (dr -7)
35. Slovan Bratislava 0 (dr -16)
36. Young Boys 0 (dr -19)
Wednesday 11 December
Atletico Madrid – Slovan Bratislava 3-1
(16′ Alvarez, 42′, 57′ Griezmann (A), 51′ Strelec (S))
Lille – Sturm Graz 3-2
(38′ Sahraoui (L), 45+2′ Bakker (L), 45+4′ Kiteishvili (S), 47′ Biereth (S), 81′ Haraldsson (L))
Juventus – Manchester City 2-0
(53′ Vlahovic, 75′ McKennie)
Milan – Red Star 2-1
(42′ Leao (M), 67′ Radonjic (S), 86′ Abraham (M))
Benfica – Bologna 0-0
Borussia Dortmund – Barcelona 2-3
(53′ Raphinha (Ba), 60′, 78′ Guirassy (Bo), 75′, 85′ Torres (Ba))
Arsenal – Monaco 3-0
(35′, 78′ Saka, 88′ Havertz)
Stuttgart – Young Boys 5-1
(6′ Lakony (Y), 25′ Stiller (S), 53′ Millot (S), 62′ Fuhrich (S), 66′ Vagnoman (S), 76′ Keitel (S))
Feyenoord – Sparta Prague 4-2
(8′ Trauner (F), 10′ Paixao (F), 30′ Hadj (F), 43′ Rrahmani (S), 63′ Gimenez (F), 79′ aut. Beelen (S))