🚨 A Bundesliga star out of the World Cup!

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·2 giugno 2026

🚨 A Bundesliga star out of the World Cup!

A major blow.

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Injured during the warm-up before the friendly between Austria and Tunisia on Monday evening, Christoph Baumgartner will not play in the World Cup!

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The Austrian national team officially confirmed on Tuesday morning that its star player has been ruled out of the tournament.

💔 Christoph Baumgartner wird dem Nationalteam bei der WM fehlen. ℹ️ Das steht nach der heutigen MRT-Untersuchung fest. Der 26-Jährige zog sich eine Verletzung der Muskulatur im rechten Oberschenkel zu. Wir wünschen dir nur das Beste, Baumi! #GemeinsamÖSTERREICH
– martedì 2 giugno 2026

Suffering from a right thigh injury, the Austrian playmaker is coming off an absolutely monstrous season with Leipzig, scoring 13 goals and providing nine assists in the Bundesliga.

A standout player in Germany, Baumgartner was clearly Austria’s X-factor, a European dark horse for the World Cup.

The team is in Group J, alongside Argentina, Algeria, and Jordan.

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