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Saturday, 3rd April 1999 Lizarazu with cruciate ligament-rip The violation of world champion Bixente Lizarazu of record master Bavaria Munich is worse than originally assumed. The French national player did not suffer from an expansion of the rear cruciate ligament in the left knee in the EM qualification play against Armenia on last Saturday, but a cruciate ligament-rip. This diagnosis placed club-physician Dr. Mueller-Wohlfahrt after Lizarazus return to Munich. The defense player does not have to be operated. The injury will be compensated by a reinforced musculature-construction. According to coach Ottmar Hitzfeld Lizarazu is going to miss six to nine weeks.