Sevilla’s Beto out for up to six weeks

Gladbach captain Martin Stranzl is out for eight weeks with a fractured eye socket.

AS reports the injury and the news that Los Rojiblancos have removed Beto from their Champions League squad and replaced him with B team goalkeeper David Soria.

Sevilla’s Ever Banega, left, reacts after scoring against Moenchengladbach during a Champions League group A soccer match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium, Tuesday, September 15, 2015, in Seville, Spain.

During the summer, Germany internationals Max Kruse and Christoph Kramer left the club. A 4-0 defeat at Borussia Dortmund was followed up with a 2-1 defeat at home to Mainz.

Sevilla scored two second-half penalties and missed another as they defeated Borussia Monchengladbach 3-0.

“It was important to discuss all relevant things without the coach and the sporting director”, Switzerland global Granit Xhaka told Bild. But the reward for Lucien Favre’s men was a tough draw in a group containing last season’s beaten finalists Juventus, Europa League holders Sevilla and big-spending Manchester City. “We have to accept that it is going to be hard, keep our focus and defend very well”. “The speed of the game is greater than in the Bundesliga so we need to be on our game”.

“We held a meeting and said that we have got to start helping each other out on the pitch because games are decided by teams playing as one”, the midfielder said. “Of course we’ve had a bad start, but the Champions League remains something special for us”.