Noussair Mazraoui: Bayern Munich defender out with heart inflammation
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Mazraoui was substituted at half-time against France in the World Cup semi-final
Bayern Munich's Moroccan defender Noussair Mazraoui is to take some time away from football to deal with inflammation of heart tissue after suffering from Covid-19.
According to the German club, the full-back, whose last game was for his country in the World Cup semi-final against France in December, had been suffering from the virus during the tournament in Qatar.
Indeed, Bayern have revealed the 25-year-old missed the quarter-final against Portugal because of Covid.
Subsequent tests by a team doctor revealed that Mazraoui's pericardium - a fibrous sac of tissue that surrounds the heart - had become inflamed.
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"Noussair Mazraoui is out initially after a Covid infection. A follow-up examination in Munich after the World Cup tournament revealed a mild inflammation of the pericardium, which the defender will now cure," Bayern Munich tweeted.
Mazraoui has been told to completely rest and is therefore ruled out for six to eight weeks, according to German newspaper Bild, external.