🚨 Cruel blow! Bundesliga star injured in friendly, misses World Cup

Austria’s national team will have to do without Christoph Baumgartner at the World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada. The 26-year-old, who plays for RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga, suffered an injury on Monday while warming up for the penultimate friendly before the start of the tournament. The Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) has now announced the diagnosis. This means Baumgartner joins a long list of injury-related absences for the 2026 World Cup. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.