It happened in the five-against-two drill - Tim Borowski fell to the ground with pain in his ankle. The midfielder, who had returned to the team during the winter break, was able to come back onto the pitch in the final training game. But shortly thereafter Borowski had to leave the session early. And head coach Thomas Schaaf said the team must wait and see if "Boro" can play in Saturday's home game against Hoffenheim.
A teammate meanwhile was missing from the start of Friday's final training as Daniel Jensen could not go due to problems in his right knee. "I got a knock on my knee in Thursday's training. Now I need a couple days rest and we'll see," said the Danish international Friday afternoon.
This 18 players are on the preliminary roster for the Hoffenheim match: Wiese, Mielitz - Fritz, Mertesacker, Prödl, Silvestre, Pasanen, Borowski (?), Frings, Bargfrede, Marin, Kroos, Husejinovic, Hunt, Ayik, Arnautovic, Pizarro, Avdic.