On 15 January, in Bayern's first league match following the winter break against Wolfsburg, Ribéry suffered a lower leg injury in the first half as a result of a tackle by Brazilian midfielder Josué.[104] Initial media reports described the injury as serious with Ribéry possibly having to undergo surgery to repair torn ligaments.[105][106] After further medical analysis, however, the injury was only reduced to a sprain and Ribéry subsequently missed two weeks.[107] He returned to the team on 5 February in a league match against 1.