BERLIN: The German Football Association (DFB) have defended team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt’s decision to perform ankle surgery on captain Michael Ballack, saying he risked serious injury without immediate treatment.
“Our team doctor said that an immediate operation was unavoidable and urgently needed,” DFB spokesman Harald Stenger said on the DFB website (www.dfb.de).
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