| The striker of the Bayern Munich and the | | | | 2008. |
| German team, Miroslav Klose, is about to | | | | Just a day before Klose, it was revealed |
| miss at least two very important games | | | | that the goalkeeper Oliver Kahn also was |
| for his country, and several games for | | | | going to be out of the Bayern for a |
| its football club, due to a knee injury | | | | month, due to an elbow injury, then both |
| that is going to keep him out of the | | | | players will miss the team's crucial |
| fields for a minimum of three weeks, | | | | UEFA Cup first-round second-leg game |
| according to the Bayern manager, Ottmar | | | | against the Portugal Belenenses on |
| Hitzfeld. | | | | Lisbon, next Thursday, October 4. |
| Klose aggravated a right-knee injury | | | | Klose, of 29 years old, won the Golden |
| during the Bundesliga victory against | | | | Boot at the 2006 World Cup in Germany as |
| Bayer Leverkusen on last Saturday, | | | | top scorer with 5 goals, same amount of |
| September 29. | | | | goals he scored in his World Cup debut |
| The shocking announcement came in a very | | | | in Japan-Korea 2002, which makes him the |
| bad moment because Klose had scheduled | | | | only player to score 5 or more goals in |
| games with the Bayern Munich for the | | | | consecutive World Cups. Currently he |
| UEFA Cup and the Bundesliga, where he's | | | | enjoys a 0.5 goals-per-game scoring |
| leading with 8 goals this season; and | | | | ratio for his country. |
| with the Germany's upcoming European | | | | That's the reason why both the German |
| Championship qualifying games against | | | | team and the Bayern Munich are |
| Czech Republic and Ireland, which are | | | | regretting his absence so much. |
| vital games in Germany's way to the Euro | | | | |