There’s hardly time to stop for breath at Werder Bremen at the moment with packed schedules filling every week. The situation means that the training staff are having to pay particular attention to the exact dosage of the work-load in training so as to ensure that on match days, as many players as possible are at maximum fitness. With that in mind, playmaker Diego was given the opportunity to rest up on Monday. It was purely a precaution and the Brazilian’s participation in Braga on Thursday, 21.02.2008, is currently not in any danger.
There was god news for two recently injured players as both Tim Borowski (slight foot problem) and Patrick Owomoyela (heavy cold) were able to return to full team training. Boubacar Sanogo, who has now recovered from a bout of tonsillitis, was also back to some light training on Monday. Petri Pasanen’s situation seems somewhat less promising and, due to a hip injury, he was reduced to some cycling to keep him active. Young goalkeeper Nico Pellatz will have to patiently await developments after he was forced to retire early from training with a possible muscle tear. News on an exact diagnosis is still not available.