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Harry Kane to miss Bayern’s last home game with back injury
With Bayern leading 1-0, Kane was substituted out of the Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid on Wednesday in the 85th minute. Kane’s hopes of winning his first career trophy were subsequently dashed as Real scored twice.
Due to a back issue that kept him out of the Champions League semifinal, Harry Kane will miss Bayern Munich’s final home game of the season against Wolfsburg, the team’s coach Thomas Tuchel announced on Saturday.
When Bayern plays Wolfsburg on Sunday, they can take back second place in the Bundesliga. They are unable to catch the victors, Bayer Leverkusen, with two rounds remaining.
With Bayern leading 1-0, Kane was substituted out of the Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid on Wednesday in the 85th minute. Kane’s hopes of winning his first career trophy were subsequently dashed as Real scored twice.
Kane “played with back pain and couldn’t keep going, his back froze up,” according to Tuchel during the Madrid match.
On Saturday, the coach told his press conference that “Harry Kane still has back problems”.
Kane has scored 44 club goals this season, his highest personal tally, but has been unable to halt Bayern’s slide towards a first trophy-less season since 2011-12.
He is the Bundesliga’s top scorer with 36 goals, 10 ahead of Serhou Guirassy of Stuttgart.
Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry will also be on the sidelines, Tuchel said, adding that the German trio are all likely to miss the last game of the season — and his Bayern reign — at Hoffenheim on May 18.
“The attacking players who started against Real Madrid can’t play tomorrow,” Tuchel said, adding that Gnabry’s problem could threaten his participation in the European Championship, which start on June 14.
“It’s going to be super tight for the Euros,” said Tuchel.
AFP
