Dortmund's Blaszczykowski out of Malaga clash

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Jakub Blaszczykowski reacts in Gelsenkirchen on March 9, 2013

BERLIN (AFP) –

Dortmund’s Polish midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski reacts during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Schalke 04 vs Borussia Dortmund in the German city of Gelsenkirchen on March 9, 2013. Blaszczykowski will miss Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League quarter-final, first leg at Malaga on Wednesday with a persistent groin injury.

Poland midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski will miss Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League quarter-final, first leg at Malaga on Wednesday with a persistent groin injury.

“The decision has been made, I will not play. It’s too risky. Now let’s get behind the boys,” he wrote on his Facebook page having flown to Spain with his team.

Right-wing ‘Kuba’ has been a key part of Dortmund’s midfield this season and the 27-year-old scored in Borussia’s 3-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the last 16 tie.

Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp is already without injured centre-back Mats Hummels, while left-back Marcel Schmelzer is expected to play with a mask after breaking his nose in the Bundesliga last weekend.

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