FC Erzgebirge Aue will have to finish the season without their top scorer Marcel Bär. As the third division club announced in response to a dpa inquiry, the striker's suspected Achilles tendon rupture in his left foot has been confirmed. Bär will undergo surgery in Braunschweig on Friday.
The 32-year-old suffered the injury in the first half of the 4-1 defeat at Hansa Rostock on Wednesday. With eleven goals and six assists in 27 games, Bär is the FCE's most dangerous attacking player.
Bär suffered the tear during a tackle without the intervention of an opponent. "Marcel's injury is worse than the defeat," said coach Jens Härtel. The 55-year-old experienced a terrible return to the Ostseestadion, where he had coached FC Hansa from January 2019 to November 2022.
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