{"id":179163,"date":"2025-09-16T21:26:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bayern-munich-faces-injury-setback-before-chelsea-match"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T21:27:30","slug":"bayern-munich-faces-injury-setback-before-chelsea-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/bayern-munich-faces-injury-setback-before-chelsea-match","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich Faces Injury Setback Before Chelsea Match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Bayern Munich have suffered a major injury blow ahead of their UEFA Champions League tie with Chelsea on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bild, the Bundesliga champions are set to be without left-back Raphael Guerreiro for their Champions League tie against the Blues due to injury.<\/p>\n<p>Guerreiro will now join Alphonso Davies and Hiroki Ito, who are ruled out for the Champions League tie.<\/p>\n<p>This means that Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany may be forced to use right-back Josip Stanisic on the left against the Premier League west London club.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich have already confirmed via their official website on Monday that Guerreiro has a \u2018minor injury to his abdominal muscles\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Guerreiro had sustained the injury in Bayern\u2019s 5-0 win over Hamburg in the Bundesliga last weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Bayern Munich have suffered a major injury blow ahead of their UEFA Champions League tie with Chelsea on Wednesday. According to Bild, the Bundesliga champions are set to be without left-back Raphael Guerreiro for their Champions League tie against the Blues due to injury. 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