Austria's Baumgartner ruled out of World Cup due to injury, Alaba fit to travel

[p]The 26-year-old was injured while ‌preparing for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/austria/naHiWdnt/"]Austria[/a]'s friendly against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/austria-naHiWdnt/tunisia-QqZVYk95/?mid=C2OQdZsn"]Tunisia on Monday[/a], with an ‌MRI examination confirming he cannot ⁠participate in ‌the tournament.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baumgartner-christoph/rqcu4a9O/"]Baumgartner[/a] was in fine form ​for RB Leipzig this season, scoring 17 goals ​and grabbing nine assists.[/p][p][b]"This is of course very bitter news for ⁠Christoph and ​for us as a team," [/b]coach Ralf Rangnick said in a statement.[/p][p][b]"He is an important ‌player and a central personality within our team. Now our full support is for his recovery."[/b][/p][embed guid="cb84eb26-6401-4919-a18c-e87e5e9b8ba0" url="https://x.com/oefb1904/status/2061742218788970546" social-type="twitter" /][p]However, Austria received a boost with captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alaba-david/hKx3nCTp/"]David Alaba[/a] cleared to travel after the 33-year-old was cleared of a muscle ‌injury having been substituted at ​halftime in the 1-0 win.[/p][p]The ‌squad will travel on June 4th. Their first group match is against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/jordan/vNcmJoU2/"]Jordan[/a] on June 16th, followed by games against ⁠defending ⁠champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/argentina/f9OppQjp/"]Argentina[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/algeria/nc87N1BR/"]‌Algeria[/a].[/p]