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Kaiserslautern’s Asta Suffers Partial PCL Tear, Sidelined Through 2025

The summer signing sustained the knee injury within minutes at Elversberg, with a conservative rehab plan to follow.

Semih Sahin
Simon Asta liegt vom FCK hat sich schwer verletzt
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Overview

  • The defender was struck in a duel within five minutes at SV Elversberg, tried to continue after treatment, then was substituted around the 11th minute due to severe pain.
  • Kaiserslautern said examinations showed a partial tear of the posterior cruciate ligament in his knee.
  • The club will pursue non-surgical rehabilitation with no operation planned.
  • The 24-year-old is expected to be unavailable until the end of the 2025 calendar year.
  • Asta joined on a free from Greuther Fürth this summer and had started all four competitive matches for FCK before the 1–2 defeat in Elversberg.