Marco Reus will miss FIFA World Cup due to a torn ligament; Shkodran Mustafi to replace him in Germany squad

In what is a big blow for Germany, Borussia’s Dortmund’s influential attacking midfielder Marco Reus has suffered a partially torn ligament in his left ankle in a pre-World Cup warmup match against Armenia, the Official Facebook Page of the German Team confirmed.

He limped off while in excruciating pain in the 43rd minute. Given the nature of ligament injuries and their recovery period, Marco Reus’s World Cup is in all probability over. Falcao suffered a similar injury in January and has failed to recover for the World Cup.

This is a severe blow to Joachim Löw’s tactical strategies as Germany are one of the strongest contenders to lift the trophy at the Maracana in Rio De Janeiro on 13th July. Germany kick off their World cup campaign against Portugal on 16th June in Salvador.

Reus has had a terrific season with Borussia Dortmund in which he has scored 16 goals and has 13 assists in 30 league appearances.

According to Fifa rules, Joachim Löw will have to make a decision 24 hours before Germany play their first match on the 16th of June to find his replacement.

UPDATE: It has been confirmed that Marco Reus will miss the FIFA World Cup.

Defender Shkodran Mustafi will replace Reus in the Germany squad.

WM-Aus für Reus - Mustafi rückt ins Brasilien-Aufgebot. Alles Weitere auf dfb.de.

— Jens Grittner (@JensGrittner) June 7, 2014