Bayern keeper Neuer to miss DFB Pokal final against Stuttgart in latest injury setback

[p]On Friday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern[/a] announced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/neuer-manuel/Sh5KwIo6/"]Neuer[/a] was not a part of the 21-man squad making the trip to the German capital for the showpiece event, having failed to recover from injury.[/p][p][b]The 40-year-old goalkeeper made a surprise return to Germany's World Cup squad on Thursday, coming back two years after announcing his international retirement to play in a fifth World Cup.[/b][/p][p]Named man of the match in Bayern's 2-1 win away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a] in the Champions League quarter-finals in April, Neuer has continued to play at a high level this season but has missed several games through injury.[/p][embed guid="5edebf10-a47f-4307-8a26-02ab9c9224d7" url="https://x.com/FCBayernEN/status/2057746735754051771" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 2014 World Cup winner has been troubled by the recurrence of a calf injury in the same leg he broke in a skiing accident in 2022.[/p][p]Neuer was subbed out with 60 minutes played in Bayern's final Bundesliga game on Saturday with a problem in the same calf muscle.[/p][p]Neuer will be replaced by understudy [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/urbig-jonas/6TJsuRSF/"]Jonas Urbig[/a], who will also accompany the Germany squad this summer as a practice goalkeeper.[/p][p]Bundesliga winners in mid-April, Bayern can win a record-extending 14th double by beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vfb-stuttgart/nJQmYp1B/"]Stuttgart[/a] in the German capital on Saturday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bayern-munich-nVp0wiqd/stuttgart-nJQmYp1B/?mid=2VWWP3Cc"]Follow the final with Flashscore.[/a][/p]