Nebojša Simić, one of the best goalkeepers in the Bundesliga, has suffered a serious knee ligament injury, writes Bild Zeitung.
Montenegrin goalkeeper Melsungen celebrated against Gummersbach, and Simić was injured in the 50th minute with the score 19:17 for his team.
Bild writes that Simić defended with a broken finger on his right hand, and while trying to react to Ole Pregler's counterattack, he injured his left knee.
"Sim's colleagues Erik Balensijaga and David Mandić immediately called for help from the bench - Mandić raised his hands in the air. Simić was carried off the field by Hungarian Šipoš and after the match his teammates carried him to the locker room," writes Bild.
Simić will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan on Tuesday, but there is a suspicion of tearing the cruciate ligaments, which would mean the end of the season for Melsungen's Montenegrin, and probably a game in 2025.
Melsungen coach Roberto Parondo was unhappy despite the victory.
"This victory is for Sim," he commented briefly.
If the suspected diagnosis on Tuesday is confirmed, the already decimated second-placed team would have another big problem - goalkeeping coach Karsten Lichtlejnn, 44 (2007 world champion, 2016 European champion), would have to be on the scoresheet as the second goalkeeper, which he was in the German Cup final, which Melsungen lost to Kiel.
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