Doctor’s visit instead of spring sun

Werder players enjoyed the fine weather Tuesday morning and had fun at training.
First Team
Wednesday, 23.03.2011 / 08:39

Blue skies and sunshine along with temperatures of 11 degrees! Those were the optimal training conditions for the first session after the 3-1 away victory in Nuremberg. And the Green-Whites definitely were in good spirits, despite concentrating intensely...

Blue skies and sunshine along with temperatures of 11 degrees! Those were the optimal training conditions for the first session after the 3-1 away victory in Nuremberg. And the Green-Whites definitely were in good spirits, despite concentrating intensely on preparations for the important up-coming game against Stuttgart, which will not take place until Saturday 2 April at 3:30 p.m. thanks to the international break.

One player who could not really enjoy the Bremen spring sun Tuesday morning on the pitch was Clemens Fritz. The Werder right back underwent a small procedure on his vocal cords in the morning. "I had a vocal cord inflammation which had become chronic. A knot had built up which was taken out by Dr. Reichen," said the 30-year-old Fritz. It remains to be seen when he will return to training as his vocal cords need three days of rest.

Due to the international game days, head coach Thomas Schaaf will be missing Per Mertesacker, Tim Wiese, Claudio Pizarro, Marko Arnautovic as well as Florian Trinks and Lennart Thy as the sextet will be playing for their national teams. Felix Kroos had been nominated for the German U21 test matches against Netherlands in Sittard (25 March) and Italy four days later in Kassel. But he called off his participation with a groin problem, which also is keeping him out of team training. Schaaf had the remaining 19 players take part in a training match under the watchful eyes of the fans, who used the good weather to observe their favourite players. The next chance will come Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m.

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