Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy to miss Elversberg clash
Niko Kovač has confirmed that Serhou Guirassy will miss Borussia Dortmund’s Matchday 9 clash against Elversberg after the striker suffered an injury during Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League win over Real Betis.
Guirassy appeared to hurt his thigh in the 31st minute of Dortmund’s 2-1 league-phase victory over the Spanish outfit, and was replaced shortly afterwards by Konstantinos Karetsas - scorer of BVB’s winning goal.
Speaking at Friday’s press conference, BVB head coach Kovač confirmed that he will be without his Guinean frontman for Saturday’s visit of Elversberg.
"Serhou has a strain, so he won’t be able to participate tomorrow," he explained, adding that Guirassy will likely remain in Dortmund over the upcoming international break. "We’ll see how we handle this in the coming days. We're in very good communication with the federation, but it will probably be the case that he won't travel and will stay here."
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Guirassy has scored eight goals in 14 appearances for Dortmund in all competitions this season, including four in four Champions League outings and a goal in last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in Der Klassiker.
Only goal difference separates the two rivals heading into Matchday 9, when second-place Dortmund welcome Vincent Wagner’s side to Signal Iduna Park and leaders Bayern travel to Mainz.
