Makiadi out, Lukimya questionable

Assani Lukimya hopes he can play on Saturday in Stuttgart. (Photo: nph).
First Team
Thursday, 03.10.2013 / 17:01

The personnel situation for the Green-Whites is getting more and more precarious. After Cedrick Makiadi missed Wednesday evening's training, Assani Lukimya had to sit out of Thursday morning's team training. Lukimya is dealing...

The personnel situation for the Green-Whites is getting more and more precarious. After Cedrick Makiadi missed Wednesday evening's training, Assani Lukimya had to sit out of Thursday morning's team training. Lukimya is dealing with muscular problems in the pelvic area. "I have had some minor problems there for a couple of weeks and yesterday I couldn't train. But I will hope until the final minute that the doc gets me ready. There's still 48 hours," said ‘Luki', who underwent a number of hours of treatment on the national holiday.

That leaves it more and more difficult for Robin Dutt to put together a squad for the Stuttgart match. The head coach received the news Thursday that Makiadi will definitely miss the match. "I have a few variations in mind. The most logical one would of course let Felix Kroos play there. But we have also played with Mehmet Ekici in that spot. Clemens Fritz can also play there. I will still think about it a while," said the Bremen coach. In addition, there are still the injuries to Predrag Stefanovic (rehab training after knee ligament tear), Aleksandar Ignjovski (torn muscle fibre) and Özkan Yildirim (cervical spine problems) as well as the suspended Franco Di Santo.

"I have never said it but slowly it's starting to hurt. Before the season we thought we had too many central midfielders. If all of them were healthy, we would have a problem. But now it's entirely different," said Dutt at the press conference about the personnel situation. The coaching staff will have their solutions ready for when the plane leaves Bremen. "Many of the nominations will be logical since the players' performances are strong and because there aren't a lot of alternatives. But there will certainly be a couple of faces from the U23s," said Dutt with a bit of curious anticipation in his face.

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