Next injury! Salih Özcan also cancels international matches

After Marco Reus’ injury, BVB has to worry about the next regular player. Salih Özcan has canceled the international match with Turkey because of a foot problem. That leaves just ten players who will be traveling for their national teams in the coming days. Here you can find news and rumors about Borussia Dortmund.

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BVB, News: Concerns about Salih Özcan – international matches canceled

The injury concerns at BVB are increasing. Salih Özcan has canceled his participation in the international matches for Turkey. The Turkish Football Federation announced that the midfielder has been ruled out due to bone edema in his foot. This is an accumulation of fluid in the bones, which can result in a forced break of several weeks.

Özcan had already suffered a bruised foot in preparation, which cost him several weeks. It is currently unclear whether the current injury is related to this. However, bone edema often results from a previous injury.

Marco Reus was only injured in the derby against FC Schalke 04 at the weekend. The national player announced that he would be back soon and sporting director Sebastian Kehl gave the all-clear. Nevertheless, the captain will probably be absent for three to four weeks.

Marco Reus’ medical record: Not again!

1/22

Marco Reus got it again. In the derby against Schalke, the BVB captain twisted his ankle badly. That’s bitter in itself – and even more so in view of the World Cup, which begins in two months’ time.

2/22

There is still no diagnosis, but anyone who has seen the scene and experienced Reus’ reaction is not expecting anything good. We look at Marco Reus’ injury history, unfortunately apparently a never-ending story.

3/22

June 2022: Reus tore a muscle fiber during training with the national team and thus missed the Nations League games in Hungary and against Italy.

4/22

March 13, 2021, Bundesliga game against Hertha BSC. Vladimir Darida sees red for a bad kick from behind against Reus. Reus suffers a bruised foot, but has to cancel the upcoming World Cup qualification with the DFB team. He also missed a league game.

5/22

February 5th, 2020, Cup loss against Bremen. The beginning of the last great period of suffering: the Dortmund captain was injured when he lost to Werder. A muscle injury put him out of action, and a break of three months (!) was expected.

6/22

Reus should not recover so quickly. Only later did it emerge that he had contracted tendinitis in the adductor area – another three and a half month break. He finally trained with the team again on August 19.

7/22

December 18, 2019, Bundesliga game against RB Leipzig. In the hard-fought 3: 3 against the championship competitor at the time, Reus played through, but then fell out for three weeks due to a torn muscle fiber.

8/22

At the beginning of the 2019/20 season, he was out of action several times due to muscular problems and a minor capsule and ankle injury. Reus did not miss many games until the winter break.

9/22

February 6th, 2019, Cup loss against Bremen. After several minor injuries and a flu, he tore a muscle fiber in his adductor area in the bitter penalty shoot-out against Werder and was out for three weeks.

10/22

Saturday, May 27, 2017, cup final in Berlin. Reus won his first major title but suffered a cruciate ligament injury. BVB itself spoke of a “month-long break”. He only returned in January 2018.

11/22

Before that, he had stayed unharmed for six weeks. Before that, he tore a muscle fiber in the game against Leverkusen on matchday 23, which put him out of action for almost six weeks.

12/22

The injury cost him five Bundesliga games and two knockout games in the Champions League.

13/22

Between May and November 2016, Reus was absent due to a pubic bone infection that he contracted in the cup final. The European Championship was gone for him, BVB was missing a total of 17 games.

14/22

Reus lasted over 120 minutes in Berlin, albeit shaken by cramps. He even converted the penalty to make it 3:3.

15/22

A picture that one unfortunately had to get used to over the years: Marco Reus in civilian clothes on the sidelines of a home game in Signal Iduna Park.

16/22

Everything was fine then: Reus in the Bundesliga game against Hertha BSC at the end of August 2015. In this game he injured a toe, was out for two and a half weeks and missed the European Championship qualifiers against Poland and Scotland.

17/22

In November 2014, Reus was kicked off the field by Paderborn’s Marvin Bakalorz. The result: a torn ligament in the ankle and seven games missed for Borussia.

18/22

That November 22nd started really well for BVB: Dortmund led 2-0 at the promoted team from East Westphalia, Reus scored himself. Bakalorz’ foul followed and BVB ultimately only played 2-2.

19/22

The end of the 2014 World Cup: In the last preparatory game against Armenia, Reus unfortunately twisted his ankle after a foul by Artak Jedigarjan. A syndesmosis ligament tear meant a break of 66 days.

20/22

Just a few weeks later, Germany became world champions in Brazil without Reus. His teammates paid tribute when a Reus jersey made it onto the official winning photo.

21/22

Reus wasn’t back on his feet for four weeks when this happened in the Dortmund stadium of all places: torn ankle ligaments during the international match against Scotland – another month’s break and missed seven games in black and yellow.

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Particularly bitter: Scotsman Charlie Mulgrew’s foul happened in the last minute of the game.

BVB, News: Ten players on an international trip

After Marco Reus and Salih Özcan had to cancel their international matches, there are still ten BVB players left who will be traveling with their national teams in the coming days. An overview:

Thomas Meunier and Thorgan Hazard (Belgium)
Jew Bellingham (England)
Julian Brandt, Nico Schlotterbeck, Niklas Süle (Germany)
Gio Reyna (USA)
Tom Rothe (Germany U19)
Youssoufa Moukoko (Germany U21)
Soumaila Coulibaly (France U20)

BVB: The upcoming games

date	Opponent	venue	contest
Saturday October 1st	1. FC Cologne	RheinEnergie Stadium, Cologne	Bundesliga, 8th matchday
Wednesday 05 October	FC Seville	Estadio Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, Seville	Champions League, 3rd matchday
Saturday 08 October	FC Bayern	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund	Bundesliga, 9th matchday
Tuesday October 11th	FC Seville	Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund	Champions League, 4th matchday