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·20 September 2026

🚨 Bitter blow in the Bundesliga, Germany debutant forced off injured

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RB Leipzig and Brajan Gruda surely had imagined this going differently. Martin Demichelis was forced into an early substitution in the match at Bayer Leverkusen. Gruda, making his DFB debut and only called up by Jürgen Klopp on Thursday, had to be taken off after just 25 minutes due to injury.

Tidiam Gomis came on in his place. It is still unclear exactly what injury he sustained. The TV footage showed Gruda holding his stomach near his right hip.

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Despite the early substitution, Leipzig nearly took the lead. However, Christopher Nkunku was offside. At the other end, Patrik Schick made no mistake and scored to put Leverkusen ahead.

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