{"id":34223,"date":"2023-05-04T13:11:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-werder-without-bundesliga-top\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T13:50:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T13:50:22","slug":"soccer-werder-without-bundesliga-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lynettelockhart.com\/client\/soccer-werder-without-bundesliga-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Werder without Bundesliga top scorer Fuellkrug against Bayern"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Werder Bremen will be missing injured Bundesliga top striker Niclas Fuellkrug when they host leaders Bayern Munich on Saturday, coach Ole Werner said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old Fuellkrug, who earned a surprise Germany call-up for last year’s World Cup, leads the league scorers’ list with 16 goals this season but has been out for some weeks with calf muscle problems.<\/p>\n

“Fuellkrug has been ruled out,” Werner told a press conference. “We tried to get him fit for the games in the past weeks. “We will now carefully build him up for our game against RB Leipzig (next week).”<\/p>\n

Fuellkrug also missed the previous three league matches.<\/p>\n

Werder have 35 points, seven above the relegation playoff spot with four matches remaining. Bayern lead the title race with a one-point advantage over Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n

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(This story has been refiled to say Niclas, not Niklas, in paragraph 1)<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n

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