Bitter! 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, injured himself on Monday during the warm-up for the penultimate friendly before the start of the tournament. The Austrian Football Association has now announced the diagnosis. This puts Baumgartner on 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.