Altintop out

By: Angela | March 8th, 2009

When you think about Hamit Altintop you think about a player who has a lot of heart and determination. He is a strong fixture in Bayern’s hierarchy and when on the pitch, his presence doesn’t go un-noticed. 366 days after his last Bayern goal (March 6, 2008), Hamit scored once more, his first this season, on March 7, 2009 against Hannover 96 to bring Bayern’s score up to 3-1. Much celebration was to be had by team and fans alike. Hamit Altintop was on his way back.

Unfortunately, that moment was much too shortly lived. Sixty-five minutes into the match, Hamit hopped off the pitch. Forty-five minutes after the game was over, he left the Allianz arena on crutches. The diagnosis: a torn calf muscle. He is out for two to three weeks, but Jurgen Klinsmann hopes he will be fit as soon as possible. He was having a good game and I, for one, would love to see him back on the pitch. When he’s on, he’s brilliant. He’s just been plagued by injuries.

Daniel van Buyten also received a minor injury before the match started, but it progressively got worse during the game. In the seventy-sixth minute he asked to be replaced and an MRI showed some minor bruising on his foot. He is expected to be fit for Tuesday’s match.

Category: 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, Injuries, Team News

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Daniel van Buyten, FC Bayern Munich, Hamit Altintop, Injuries, Team News

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• Utku |  March 8th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

  
  
  

  this adds to the ever long injury list of the turkish national team before our huge fixture with spain. Hamit, Servet, Mehmet Topal, and i think Nihat will all not be ready for the Turkey-Spain match.

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• MoMONEY |  March 8th, 2009 at 9:34 pm

  
  
  

  One of my favorite players… Hope he recovers quick

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• Lupin5 |  March 8th, 2009 at 11:08 pm

  
  
  

  Poor him.
  He played well and scored a beautiful goal in last game.
  Hope he recovers soon.

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• Musab |  March 9th, 2009 at 1:00 am

  
  
  

  Another injury for the Turks. I say screw the team, put the U20 kids out against Spain.

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• martin |  March 9th, 2009 at 6:49 am

  
  
  

  Do you mean 2-3 months? 2-3 weeks for a torn muscle is pretty optimistic…

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• A Kap |  March 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am

  
  
  

  Hopefully he gets his injury troubles behind soon. Else, he’ll simply be labeled a utility player when he really is an option for starter.

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• Angela |  March 10th, 2009 at 11:49 am

  
  
  

  Martin, the website said 2-3 weeks and I thought that optimistic as well. Maybe they meant months instead. Here’s hoping he recovers quickly, but not too quickly so that he’s injured again.

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• jocamryn |  March 10th, 2009 at 2:55 pm

  
  
  

  CL 2nd mactch… what a shellacking!!

  Thumbs up to my team!

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