Bitter diagnosis: end of season for Aue goalscorer Bär

FC Erzgebirge Aue will have to finish the season without their top scorer Marcel Bär. As the third division club announced in response to a dpa inquiry, the striker's suspected Achilles tendon rupture in his left foot has been confirmed. Bär will undergo surgery in Braunschweig on Friday.

The 32-year-old suffered the injury in the first half of the 4-1 defeat at Hansa Rostock on Wednesday. With eleven goals and six assists in 27 games, Bär is the FCE's most dangerous attacking player.

Bär suffered the tear during a tackle without the intervention of an opponent. "Marcel's injury is worse than the defeat," said coach Jens Härtel. The 55-year-old experienced a terrible return to the Ostseestadion, where he had coached FC Hansa from January 2019 to November 2022.