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Bayern wait on Toni; Nuremberg injury concerns ahead of UEFA Cup

Posted : Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:53:04 GMT
Author : DPA
Category : Sports
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Munich - Striker Luca Toni is a doubt for Bayern Munich's UEFA Cup first-round tie against Portuguese side Belenenses on Thursday. The Italy international said Tuesday he had not fully recovered from a thigh injury.

"I am not 100 per cent. The final decision will be taken on Wednesday," he said.

"I want to be fully trained and be fit going into the game. The worse thing would be injuring myself again."

Toni played in Bayern's 1-1 draw with Schalke in the Bundesliga on Saturday after recovering from a pulled thigh muscle suffered while scoring against Hanover on August 25.

The injury led to Toni missing Italy's Euro 2008 qualifiers against France and Ukraine.

Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld is already missing striker Miroslav Klose for the first-leg game in Munich.

Klose is serving a suspension after being dismissed following a second yellow card while playing for Werder Bremen in last season's UEFA Cup semi-final elimination by Espanyol.

Meanwhile German Cup winners Nuremberg go into their first European game for almost 20 years with injury problems.

Coach Hans Meyer has question marks over midfielder Peer Kluge and strikers Ivan Saenko and Joshua Kennedy ahead of the meeting with visiting Romanian cup winners Rapid Bucharest.

Russian striker Saenko has an ankle injury, while Kluge and Kennedy are struggling with thigh muscle problems.

All three were restricted to running but did not take part in full team training Tuesday, the club said.

Nuremberg were already without injured Danish defender Lars Jacobsen (groin) and Slovakian striker Robert Vittek (knee surgery).

Nuremberg, who last season won their first trophy for almost 40 years, are playing in Europe for the first time since being eliminated in the first round of the UEFA Cup by AS Roma in 1988.

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