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Bundesliga club Cologne says defender Kevin Pezzoni needs an operation on a broken nose after being attacked during the city's carnival celebrations.
Cologne says Pezzoni will undergo an operation to reset the nose Thursday. He will receive a special mask to allow him train, though the club says a precise date for his return can only be determined after the surgery.
Media reported that Pezzoni was struck in the face Sunday without provocation by an unknown assailant in Huerth, a town bordering Cologne.
Pezzoni told the Cologne-based Express newspaper that he ''just stood there as someone tipped me from behind. ... Then I got hit in the face.''
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Cologne coach Stale Solbakken said he was ''stunned'' and ''sorry for the lad.''
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