{"id":401833,"date":"2025-09-06T05:22:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401833\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T05:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:22:20","slug":"jamal-musiala-dubbed-irreplaceable-like-messi-by-german-icon-after-shock-world-cup-qualifying-defeat-to-slovakia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401833\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamal Musiala dubbed irreplaceable &#8216;like Messi&#8217; by German icon after shock World Cup qualifying defeat to Slovakia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"article-teaser\" class=\"article_teaser__rjxUK\">Jamal Musiala has been dubbed irreplaceable &#8220;like Lionel Messi&#8221; by German icon, Lothar Matthaus, after a shock World Cup qualifying defeat to Slovakia. The Bayern Munich midfielder fractured his fibula and damaged ankle ligaments following a brutal collision with Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma in the Club World Cup. The 22-year-old was stretchered off in Atlanta, visibly distraught, and Bayern later confirmed he requires surgery that will sideline him for several months.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Musiala suffered a devastating long-term injury<\/li>\n<li>Germany humiliated by Slovakia without the star<\/li>\n<li>Matthaus compares Musiala\u2019s value to Messi&#8217;s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jamal Musiala has been dubbed irreplaceable &#8220;like Lionel Messi&#8221; by German icon, Lothar Matthaus, after a shock World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[10105,1062,2000,299,1824,40723,138588,138589,2558,138118,30157],"class_list":{"0":"post-401833","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-argentina","9":"tag-bayern-munich","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-inter-miami-cf","14":"tag-j-musiala","15":"tag-l-messi","16":"tag-slovakia","17":"tag-slovakia-vs-germany","18":"tag-world-cup-qualification-uefa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115155680935696536","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}