De Bruyne reveals long suffering
Guardiola: “I don’t want to disappear from the scene!”
Kevin De Bruyne is injured in the Champions League final against Inter. The same fate had befallen the ManCity star in 2021.
At Manchester City’s 1-0 Champions League final triumph over Inter Milan Kevin De Bruyne also had to leave the field early injured in the second Champions League final of his career.
After the game, the superstar revealed that he had been struggling with injury concerns for a long time: “I’ve been struggling for two months since the away game against Bayern Munich.” That’s why he missed several games, but so far there are only “small cracks” in him been thighs.
De Bruyne talks about family problems
“Now I tore it completely, so I couldn’t continue playing,” De Bruyne continued. At least for the big games it was enough. English media reports that even the start of the new season could now be in danger for him.
De Bruyne also struggled off the field, as he once again hinted: “I had some personal things that happened in my family and I managed it. The intensity with which I play puts my body to the test.” He gives everything for the team and “the people at the club know that.”
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In the final, “KDB” left the field in the 37th minute when he couldn’t cope with the problems in his right rear thigh.
After the match, the unlucky raven was able to deal with the situation relatively calmly again. “For the first half hour I felt good and played well. Then the moment happened,” he explained ZDF adding: “You’re not happy, but whatever. In the end you have to win the game and we did that.”
Phil Foden came into play for the 31-year-old.
In the premier class final two years ago, De Bruyne broke his eye socket and nose and had to sit on the bench to watch Chelsea FC win the final 1-0 with a goal from Kai Havertz.
Ballack: “Brutal and extremely bitter”
“It’s brutal and bitter at best,” he said DAZN-Expert Michael Ballack on the bad luck of the former Bundesliga star.
Erling Haaland led his teammate off the field and gave him consolation. De Bruyne also received encouragement from outside of Istanbul. Among other things, VfL Wolfsburg, his former club, tweeted “So bitter… get well soon!”
Michy Batshuayi, his Belgium team-mate in the national team, also sympathized with De Bruyne with a crying smiley.
After all, the Belgian had more reason to celebrate than two years ago. In contrast to the final against Chelsea, this time De Bruyne and the Skyblues were allowed to lift the handle pot.