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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<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Josip Stanisic expected to start at left-back against Bayern Portuguese champions Sporting<\/span> But Davis suggested on Monday’s “Film Never Lies” podcast that coach Vincent Kompany might let him play.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if I’ll get minutes,” he said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s up to the coach.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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