Werder coach Thomas Schaaf will have to make do without Marko Arnautovic in the match Wednesday evening against Bayer Leverkusen. The Austrian could not participate in Tuesday afternoon's final...
Werder coach Thomas Schaaf will have to make do without Marko Arnautovic in the match Wednesday evening against Bayer Leverkusen. The Austrian could not participate in Tuesday afternoon's final...
Werder coach Thomas Schaaf will have to make do without Marko Arnautovic in the match Wednesday evening against Bayer Leverkusen. The Austrian could not participate in Tuesday afternoon's final training due to a cold. "Marko felt sick even yesterday. We had hoped that he would feel better today, but just the opposite was the case. He will not be okay in time," said the coach at the press conference directly after the training session.
Johannes Wurtz will move into the squad instead. It is be the first competitive match nomination for the 20-year-old, who transferred this summer to Werder from 1. FC Saarbrücken. Wurtz has until now only played for Werder's U23 team, scoring seven goals in 14 matches.
Felix Kroos is also in the squad, replacing the yellow-red suspended left back Lukas Schmitz. Meanwhile, Assani Lukimya returns from his suspension. "I am happy that I can be back against Leverkusen," said the Congolese. Not on the 18-man squad is Florian Hartherz, who missed Monday's training with a thigh injury and could not take part in the final practice.
These 18 players make up the squad for the penultimate home match of the first half of the season: Mielitz, Wolf - Lukimya, De Bruyne, Fritz, Ekici, Elia, Hunt, Prödl, Junuzovic, Ignjovski, Kroos, Akpala, Sokratis, Gebre Selassie, Petersen, Wurtz und Füllkrug.
