Bender brothers to miss Bundesliga opener
Sven and Lars Bender are both ruled out of Bayer Leverkusen's Bundesliga opener against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
| Lars Bender (left), Neymar (middle) and Sven Bender (right). | Photo: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil/CC-by-SA 3.0 |
According to Leverkusen coach Heiko Herrlich, Lars Bender has problems with his right knee while Sven Bender complains about ankle problems.
"Lars and Sven wanted to play, but it is not tolerable for health reasons," Herrlich told Bild.
Thus, the Bender twins join Leverkusen's already long injury list with prolific players such as Lukas Hradecky, Charles Aranguiz, Panagiotis Retsos and Julian Baumgartlinger also out with injuries.
