Arnautovic out injured, Prödl banged up - Thy with team
Marko Arnautovic had to leave training Friday afternoon early ahead of the away match at Borussia Dortmund...
Arnautovic out injured, Prödl banged up - Thy with team
Marko Arnautovic had to leave training Friday afternoon early ahead of the away match at Borussia Dortmund...
Marko Arnautovic had to leave training Friday afternoon early ahead of the away match at Borussia Dortmund as the Austrian fell to the ground after a shot attempt during a training match and left the grounds with a slight limp. "I have pain in my adductors," said Arnautovic with a grimace on his way to the changing room. That means he will not play in the match at Dortmund. Arnautovic joins the suspended Hugo Almeida as strikers missing for the Green-Whites on the weekend. The U23 player Lennart Thy was nominated to replace Arnautovic.
Another attacker meanwhile will be making his return to the Bundesliga after coming back on Tuesday in the Champions League. Claudio Pizarro is fit for the Dortmund match just like Mikael Silvestre, who also missed the Wolfsburg match. Sebastian Prödl for his part was not on the training grounds with his teammates on Friday. The centre back, who against Inter Milan scored his first goal in Weser Stadium, had to sit out with a gastro-intestinal infection. "He will travel with the team to Dortmund and be in the squad. But we will have to see if he can play," said head coach Thomas Schaaf.
The following 18 players will be in Werder’s squad: Wiese, Mielitz – Pasanen, Prödl, Mertesacker, Schmidt, Silvestre, Kroos, Fritz, Bargfrede, Frings, Jensen, Husejinovic, Marin, Hunt, Thy, Pizarro, Wagner.
