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Double Bayern Munich blow helps Inter ahead of Champions League quarter-finals – Football Italia – March 26 latest

March 26, 2025

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Double Bayern Munich blow helps Inter ahead of Champions League quarter-finals – Football Italia – March 26 latest

DORTMUND, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 30: Alphonso Davies of Bayern Munich reacts during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern München at Signal Iduna Park on November 30, 2024 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)

Bayern Munich have confirmed that they will be without two key players in Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano for the foreseeable future, which provides a boost for Simone Inzaghi and Inter ahead of the Champions League quarter-finals coming up in March.

Bayern suffer double injury blow ahead of Inter

Bayern have confirmed that Alphonso Davies ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the recent CONCACAF Nations League third place play-off, which rules him out of the remainder of the 2024-25 season and a large chunk of the 2025-26 campaign as well.

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 20: Alphonso Davies #19 of Canada controls the ball against Mexico during the first half of a CONCACAF Nations League semifinal match at SoFi Stadium on March 20, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images) — INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 20: Alphonso Davies #19 of Canada controls the ball against Mexico during the first half of a CONCACAF Nations League semifinal match at SoFi Stadium on March 20, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Upamecano has also suffered a knee injury, and though not quite as serious as Davies’s, he is also expected to be sidelined for several weeks, which rules him out of the first leg against Inter and likely the second as well.

Initial reports suggest that Raphael Guerreiro is the likely candidate to replace Davies at left-back, and either Eric Dier or Hiroki Ito to replace Upamecano.

Inter will take on Vincent Kompany’s side over two legs of the Champions League quarter-final beginning at the Allianz Arena on April 8. The two teams will face each other again in San Siro the following week, on April 16.