The worst fears of these at 1.FC Köln have grow to be bitter actuality, with Thijs Dallinga struggling a merciless ACL tear this afternoon.
Dallinga suffered the damage in the course of the Cathedral Metropolis membership's 2-2 pleasant match with Viktoria Köln and can now be out for a number of months.
The Dutch striker was pictured clutching his right knee regularly within the first-half earlier than being helped off the pitch by workforce physios.
It comes as a serious blow for Effzeh after the 26-year-old arrived on mortgage from Bologna in summer time and bagged a brace on his debut.
In the meantime, fellow marksman Ragnar Ache additionally has to sit down out Köln's upcoming video games in the interim as a result of a muscle damage.
The precise extent of absence is unknown after the MRI scan, however his teammate Dallinga possible faces at the least 6 to 12 months out of motion.
Each setbacks go away René Wagner's squad wanting strikers forward of Saturday's Rhineland derby with Borussia Mönchengladbach.