Bayern Munich confirm Jamal Musiala out for long period with leg fracture

Jamal Musiala lies on the ground during the Club World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between PSG and Bayern Munich. Pic: AP Photo/Mike Stewart.

Bayern Munich forward Jamal Musiala sustained a fractured fibula and dislocated ankle during Saturday's Club World Cup clash with Paris St Germain.

The 22-year-old was taken off the pitch on a stretcher following a collision with PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Goals from Desire Doue and substitute Ousmane Dembele saw the Bundesliga champions beaten 2-0 by the French outfit, who were reduced to nine men after Willian Pacho and Lucas Hernandez were sent off late on.

A Bayern statement on Sunday read: "Jamal Musiala suffered a serious injury during the Club World Cup quarter-final between Bayern and Paris St Germain in the USA and had to be substituted at half-time.

"Examinations by the German champions' doctors have revealed that the attacking midfielder sustained a fracture of the fibula associated with a broken and dislocated ankle.

"The 22-year-old flew from Orlando to Munich on Sunday morning and will undergo surgery soon."

Bayern boss Vincent Kompany said in his post-match press conference that his blood was "still boiling" that the incident had happened to a player like Musiala.

He said: "It was tough. I've rarely been so angry at half-time - not against my players. There's many things in life that are important, much more important than this, but in the end for these guys it's their life.

"Someone like Jamal lives for this, he came back from a setback (injury) and then it happens in the way it happens and you feel powerless.

"The team was fighting and I think the second half, we were just starting to edge the game, and it looked like it could happen any time for us.

"You try to get strength out of it because you want to do it for Jamal but when I'm sat here next to you now, the thing that gets my blood still boiling at the moment is not the result, I understand this is football.

"It's the fact that it happened to someone that, one, enjoys the game so much but is also very important for us."

Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer described his opposite number's challenge as "reckless" but Donnarumma expressed his concern for Musiala in a post on Instagram after the match, saying: "All my prayers and well wishes are with you Jamal Musiala."