MUNICH (AP) – Alphonso Davies returned to Bayern Munich’s match-day squad to play Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League for the first time in nearly nine months. serious knee injury.
Josip Stanisic expected to start at left-back against Bayern Portuguese champions Sporting But Davis suggested on Monday’s “Film Never Lies” podcast that coach Vincent Kompany might let him play.
“I don’t know if I’ll get minutes,” he said. “So, it’s up to the coach.”
The left-back has not played since sustaining the injury while representing Canada against the United States in the CONCACAF Nations League third-place game in March. Davis suffered injuries to his right knee, including torn ligaments.
The injury prompted Bayern to criticize the Canadian team, claiming that Davies was not given a proper medical check for the injury before boarding a flight back to Germany.
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