FC St. Pauli shakes: striker Saad is seriously injured!

FC St. Pauli shakes: striker Saad is seriously injured!

after heavy foul: St. Paulis Elias Saad falls out

Elias Saad, the striker from FC St. Pauli, injured the foul by Dominik Kohr of Mainz on the right ankle. The 24-year-old has to take a break due to a ligament injury, as the club announced. Instead of traveling to the Tunisian national team, Saad now stays in Hamburg. According to report of the Hamburger Abendblatts eight weeks.

The Situation escalated in the last minutes of the game when Kohr Saad fouls heavily, while St. Pauli already led 3-0. Saad left the field with an ice cream bag on the foot. Trainer Alexander Blessin commented on Kohr's style of play and noted that this aggressiveness was known. Defense chief Eric Smith also fights with adductor problems and also remains available for the national team. Goalkeeper Ben Voll suffered a lower jaw fracture in a collision in the U23 game against Hamburger SV and was operated on. More information about the downtime of the players is still pending.