The 32-year-old will also miss Saturday's top-of-the-table Bundesliga clash at second-placed RB Leipzig, with leaders Bayern four points clear. Without Lewandowski, Bayern's reserve striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting or Germany winger Serge Gnabry could play up front. The Poland international has netted 35 goals in 25 league games this season to leave him close to Gerd Mueller's record of 40 in a single Bundesliga season. "Bayern will have a strong team on the pitch -- even without Lewandowski," Leipzig sports director Markus Kroesche told daily Bild before Lewandowski's diagnosis. Lewandowski, voted FIFA's best male player of 2020, has scored a total of 42 goals in 36 games this season for Bayern.

Source: News 24 March 30, 2021 17:14 UTC