Musiala fractures left leg in Donnarumma collision

Bayern Munich said Jamal Musiala faces a "lengthy" betterment from a near limb fracture aft his collision with Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma astatine the Club World Cup.

Bayern said connected Sunday that Musiala had flown backmost from Florida to Munich that greeting for country connected the wounded helium picked up successful Saturday's nonaccomplishment to PSG successful the quarterfinals.

Bayern said doctors recovered Musiala "sustained a fracture of the fibula [a bony successful the little leg] associated with an ankle dislocation."

"This superior wounded and the lengthy lay-off are a existent daze for Jamal and america all," Bayern committee subordinate for athletics Max Eberl said successful a statement.

"Jamal has conscionable travel backmost from an wounded and volition present beryllium retired for different agelong period. He'll get everything helium needs from us. We'll enactment him intensively, beryllium by his broadside and already look guardant to erstwhile he's backmost connected the pitch."

Meanwhile, Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer criticised Donnarumma for the challenge.

"A concern wherever you don't person to spell successful similar that," Neuer told reporters of Donnarumma, via Sky Germany. "That's risky. He's consenting to judge the hazard of injuring his opponent.

"I went up to him and said, 'Don't you privation to spell implicit to our player?' It's lone close to spell implicit and privation the feline well. He did that successful the end. Fairness is ever important. ... I would person reacted differently."

Donnarumma aboriginal posted a photograph connected Instagram of himself looking distraught pursuing the injury, on with a connection for Musiala that read: "All my prayers and good wishes are with you."