🚨 World Cup over for a Germany mainstay

A major blow.

Forced off with an injury on Saturday night against Ivory Coast, Nico Schlotterbeck will not set foot on the World Cup pitches again!

The German centre-back is suffering from a tear of the medial collateral ligament and is expected to be out for six to eight weeks, which rules him out for the rest of the World Cup, several German media outlets reported on Monday lunchtime.

Assured of finishing top of their group, Germany could face France in the round of 16 if Les Bleus also top their group.

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