{"id":1692,"date":"2014-02-10T18:23:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T18:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2014-02-10T18:27:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T18:27:46","slug":"french-winger-recovering-from-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/football\/french-winger-recovering-from-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"French Winger Recovering From Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main-content-picture\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div itemprop=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"caption\">\n<div itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div itemprop=\"caption\">\n<div itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div itemprop=\"caption\">Bayern Munich&#8217;s Frank Ribery will miss the Champions League tie against Arsenal at the Emirates following a minor operation to repair a burst blood in his buttock.<\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"caption\">The absence of Franck Rib\u00e9ry from Bayern Munich&#8217;s side is a boost for Arsenal&#8217;s hopes in the Champions League.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The\u00a0winger had the operation last Thursday, with tests on Monday showing the procedure had been successful in removing bruising that had been affecting a nerve.<\/p>\n<p>The holders confirmed that the 30-year-old would return to training next week and will miss the first leg of their last-16 Champions League meeting at the Emirates Stadium on 19 February.<\/p>\n<p>A statement on Bayern&#8217;s website said: &#8220;An examination on Monday revealed that the bruise, which had pressed on a nerve, was completely removed by surgery. Rib\u00e9ry is scheduled to begin exercise therapy later this week and, a week later, he will return to running training.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Therefore Rib\u00e9ry will miss the next games for the champions, among them the last-16 tie at Arsenal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rib\u00e9ry is Bayern&#8217;s most influential player and made the three-man shortlist for the Ballon d&#8217;Or earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich&#8217;s Frank Ribery will miss the Champions League tie against Arsenal at the Emirates following a minor operation to repair a burst blood in his buttock. The absence of Franck Rib\u00e9ry from Bayern Munich&#8217;s side is a boost for Arsenal&#8217;s hopes in the Champions League. The\u00a0winger had the operation last Thursday, with tests on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[115,60],"tags":[37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1694,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1692\/revisions\/1694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}