The SC Magdeburg handball team is once again plagued by personnel problems. The Bundesliga club announced that backcourt player Omar Ingi Magnusson will probably be out for the next three months with a right ankle injury. The Icelander twisted his ankle during the 35:26 win against SG Bietigheim last weekend without any major external influence and had to be carried off the pitch.
"That was extreme, of course," said SCM Head Coach Bennet Wiegert, who visited his player in hospital on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, comprehensive diagnostics had revealed no need for an operation. "The next few days and weeks will show to what extent a sensible replacement can be found in the short term," managing director Marc-Henrik Schmedt was quoted as saying in a statement. Wiegert, however, tends to "want to solve this internally".
Position partner Albin Lagergren is therefore particularly challenged, while Magnusson joins the long-term injured Felix Claar and Tim Hornke. In addition, German international Philipp Weber is currently unavailable due to a muscle injury in his right thigh, as are the injured players Matthias Musche, Magnus Saugstrup and Michael Damgaard.
