Dortmund's Konstantelias out for 'several months' after cruciate ligament injury

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/konstantelias-ioannis/tMZOo2PB/"]Konstantelias[/a] impressed in his first German Bundesliga start by scoring [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Dortmund[/a]'s second goal in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/dortmund-nP1i5US1/hamburger-sv-v9k3aY5F/?mid=vi4nmHg2"]the 2-0 victory[/a], but was helped off the pitch early in the second-half.[/p][p]Dortmund coach Niko Kovac said after the match the club "feared the worst" and they said on Sunday a follow-up examination showed an injury to his cruciate ligament.[/p][p][b]"Giannis Konstantelias has suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee and will be sidelined for several months," [/b]the club said on social media.[/p][embed guid="0b8ff293-ab54-480c-b71d-39f869fab85d" url="https://x.com/BlackYellow/status/2094092056268288061" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 23-year-old Greece international joined Dortmund from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/paok/Kry6HxA9/"]PAOK[/a] earlier in August for a reported fee of €30 million.[/p][p]The midfielder arrived despite protests from the Greek club's ultras, who occupied the stadium in the hopes of preventing the move, having stopped a similar sale to Bundesliga side Stuttgart a year earlier.[/p][infobox id="88878301-8bdb-4612-a9bc-6f3281e6c6b5" /]