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Cruel blow for Lena Oberdorf! Germany star suffers dreaded ACL injury just before Olympic Games

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The 22-year-old defender who completed a move to Bayern Munich from Wolfsburg just a week ago, has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury while representing the Germany in the final game of the Euro 2025 qualifying round against Austria. Germany were leading 3-0 around the 70th-minute mark when Oberdorf clashed with an opposition player and went down on the ground in pain.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Confirming the player's condition, the Germany women's football team wrote on X, "Lena Oberdorf suffers a cruciate and medial ligament injury in the match against Austria. It hurts our hearts, Obi! We are with you!"<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Lena Oberdorf erleidet im Spiel gegen Österreich eine Kreuz- und Innenbandverletzung 💔💔💔 Tut uns im Herzen weh, Obi! Wir sind bei dir! 🖤❤️💛 WIR <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IMTEAM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IMTEAM</a> 🇩🇪 📸 imago <a href="https://t.co/kQO67RvePl">pic.twitter.com/kQO67RvePl</a>— DFB-Frauen (@DFB_Frauen) <a href="https://twitter.com/DFB_Frauen/status/1813604473467482496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WHAT HAS BEEN SAID

The holding midfielder was closely linked with a move to reigning Women's Super League champions Chelsea earlier this year, however, the German giants decided to match the €400,000 (£340,500/$429,000) release clause in her Wolfsburg contract.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Oberdorf will now miss the upcoming Olympic Games, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/olympic-paris-2024-womens-football-power-rankings/blt04a01ffdcb8324f7" target="_blank">which is a huge blow to a Germany team set to face the United States women's national team, Australia and Zambia in the group stages</a>.

WHAT NEXT FOR LENA OBERDORF?

Cruel blow for Lena Oberdorf! Germany star suffers dreaded ACL injury less than ONE WEEK after joining Bayern Munich from Wolfsburg | Goal.com

New Bayern Munich star Lena Oberdorf will miss the Olympics after suffering an ACL injury while playing for Germany in Euro 2025 qualifiers.