Mertesacker misses Champions League opener

Werder Bremen defender Per Mertesacker will miss Saturday's Bundesliga game with Bayern Munich and their Champions League match against Tottenham Hotspur after being injured in a Euro 2012 qualifier on Tuesday.
Mertesacker clashed with Azerbaijan's Vagif Dzhavadov in Germany's 6-1 win on Tuesday and had to be taken off in the 11th minute before X-rays revealed a broken eye socket.
"He will surely miss Saturday's match as well as Tuesday's game against Tottenham," coach Thomas Schaaf told reporters after further medical tests were completed on Wednesday.
"We will have to wait and see what will happen after that. This is not a good situation for us because apart from (defender) Naldo we are now missing a second central defender."

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yea i read that on a difffernt forum. thats good news i rate him. i really think we will win here. i think the way the fixtures are set up suits us
1st game away so the team should be really up for it. then a home game. imagine 2 wins from 2 that would set us up for inter game nicely