{"id":516046,"date":"2026-03-11T00:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/516046\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:58:08","slug":"canada-bayern-star-davies-distraught-after-latest-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/516046\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada, Bayern star Davies distraught after latest injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mar 10, 2026, 06:07 PM ET<\/p>\n<p>BERGAMO, Italy &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"d41614d6-11bc-0e9b-d180-06dfff0d4ec6\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/236721\/alphonso-davies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alphonso Davies<\/a> covered his face with his shirt as he left the field with an injury in <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"25b5e432-d3d2-939f-f73b-6e531a6fbd91\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=132\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayern Munich<\/a>&#8216;s game against <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f7f801ac-4d05-4840-e4a2-c573d04a1d52\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=105\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atalanta<\/a> in the Champions League on Tuesday, raising questions about the Canadian star&#8217;s availability for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>That and other injuries to forward <a data-player-guid=\"ce6194aa-f9f8-303c-8d25-b9551d6734e2\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/303821\/jamal-musiala\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamal Musiala<\/a> and goalkeeper <a data-player-guid=\"36d561a5-793f-33b5-8ca0-15c6a79f572f\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/323790\/jonas-urbig\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonas Urbig<\/a> overshadowed a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/report\/_\/gameId\/401862641\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6-1 win<\/a> for Bayern and left coach Vincent Kompany facing difficult tactical decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Kompany suggested Davies&#8217; injury might be &#8220;not so bad&#8221; in post-game comments on TV and expressed faith in Bayern&#8217;s depth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a shame but I told the guys I have full trust in our squad,&#8221; he told broadcaster Prime Video, adding of Davies, &#8220;we&#8217;ll have to get through some games without him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The night started with doubts whether Bayern could get the job done without a fully fit <a data-player-guid=\"66b16016-7a3a-434f-ae82-e767fc5fac88\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/142200\/harry-kane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Kane<\/a>. That answer was clear as <a data-player-guid=\"ba2fd99c-bc86-9ef0-80b9-16b2a77cb1be\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/286831\/michael-olise\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Olise<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"ed90b32c-f09c-302e-af63-852a1e2a9352\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/308524\/nicolas-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolas Jackson<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"3b043ed5-7ec3-e518-f2e6-6f0e8db396dd\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/178980\/serge-gnabry\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Serge Gnabry<\/a> ran riot and left Kane an unused substitute.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Kompany will have to solve the potential absence of his first-choice left back, a key forward and Bayern&#8217;s top two goalkeepers.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/>Alphonso Davies was distraught after going off injured during Bayern Munich&#8217;s win over Atalanta.\u00a0Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Davies sank into a squatting position on the field after an apparent non-contact injury while playing the ball with Bayern leading 6-0 in the 70th minute. He seemed in distress immediately, covering his face and waving his arms in a gesture of frustration.<\/p>\n<p>Teammates gathered around the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c09eeeeb-7c2d-23f9-1bbf-153ff7e59905\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=206\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canada<\/a> left-back to shield him from view before he was helped off the field by Bayern Munich staff, the neck of his shirt pulled up to over his face.<\/p>\n<p>Davies covered his eyes with his hand as he was approached on the touchline by substitute <a data-player-guid=\"56ccdd40-56fc-329c-b865-20aa0ac75f1b\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/324660\/tom-bischof\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Bischof<\/a> and coach Vincent Kompany.<\/p>\n<p>Davies was a key player for Canada at its return to the World Cup in 2022 and captained the team at the 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica but has struggled with injuries. He didn&#8217;t play for Bayern until December this season after tearing an ACL in March 2025 in his most recent game for Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is co-hosting the World Cup in June and July with the United States and Mexico. It is due to face Iceland and Tunisia in warm-up matches at the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern was cruising after Musiala scored the sixth goal and it threatened to test the all-time records for biggest wins in Champions League knockout games when <a data-player-guid=\"c3c378f1-f767-6cf5-1788-6b2d1e51a12a\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/222793\/dayot-upamecano\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dayot Upamecano<\/a> headed against the post soon after. Bayern is now one of just four teams to score six goals in a Champions League knockout-stage match away from home.<\/p>\n<p>The game ended with more concerns for Kompany as Musiala, who only returned to action in January after a broken leg at last year&#8217;s Club World Cup, limped off in added time after earlier seemingly struggling with an ankle issue.<\/p>\n<p>Kompany had already used all his substitutions so Bayern was down to 10 players when Atalanta launched a counterattack to score a consolation goal. That came with more pain for Bayern as Urbig, in for injured first-choice goalkeeper <a data-player-guid=\"fac16cb2-0ac3-1dc1-fe5a-9773720be8c1\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/84774\/manuel-neuer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manuel Neuer<\/a>, collided with Atalanta&#8217;s <a data-player-guid=\"0ca5bda9-5a42-f89c-bfde-0365f3abff42\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/258158\/nikola-krstovic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Krstovic<\/a> and seemed badly shaken as he left the field.<\/p>\n<p>The one bright spot was a sign Kane may return soon ahead of Bayern&#8217;s game against <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"483ec574-cb09-6d8f-e308-302d5d695d70\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=131\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayer Leverkusen<\/a> in the <a data-league-guid=\"30244926-00c4-3f69-8946-f8421c97ff71\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/league\/_\/name\/GER.1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bundesliga<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Kane was &#8220;very close&#8221; to starting against Atalanta, Kompany said, &#8220;but then it was 5-0 and he was very far away.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 10, 2026, 06:07 PM ET BERGAMO, Italy &#8212; Alphonso Davies covered his face with his shirt as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-516046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}