Without Wesley, Hunt and Schmidt in Freiburg

Wesley, Fritz, Schmidt and Hunt are not among the 16 Werder players nominated for the Freiburg game.
First Team
Sunday, 06.03.2011 / 07:46

At the end of the final training, head coach Thomas Schaaf put his hand on the shoulder of Wesley and spoke with the Brazilian. It was apparently the scene in which the coach told his midfielder that he would not be in the squad for the game on Sunday when Werder Bremen...

At the end of the final training, head coach Thomas Schaaf put his hand on the shoulder of Wesley and spoke with the Brazilian. It was apparently the scene in which the coach told his midfielder that he would not be in the squad for the game on Sunday when Werder Bremen play at Freiburg on the 25th game day at 3:30 p.m. "With him, he's just not far enough along yet," said Schaaf about Wesley.

While Wesley took part in the final training session in Bremen, Dominik Schmidt and Aaron Hunt were not even on hand. Schmidt will miss the Sunday game due to a right ankle injury while Hunt is out with a strain in the adductors. Werder must also do without Clemens Fritz as the right fullback picked up his fifth booking against Bayer Leverkusen and is suspended one match. That will make it interesting for Werder fans as to who will line up on the right side of the defence. "Despite missing some players, we still have a few players who have played right fullback," said Schaaf. Finnish international Petri Pasanen could be one of the candidates. And Leon-Aderemi Balogun, who was in Unterhaching with the Werder U23 team on Saturday, will also be in the professional squad on Sunday.

Captain Frings back

In the midfielder meanwhile the captain makes his return as Torsten Frings served his booking suspension from the week before and is back in the squad just as fellow midfielder Tim Borowski. "We have always looked good against Freiburg. But things are totally different this season. Freiburg are up near the top and we're done low. In addition, Freiburg are strong at home. So it will be a very difficult task for us," said "Boro" about the match on Sunday.

These 16 players are in the squad for the Freiburg match:
Wiese, Mielitz - Balogun, Pasanen, Mertesacker, Prödl, Silvestre, Frings, Borowski, Bargfrede, Trinks, Marin, Arnautovic, Wagner, Avdic, Pizarro

 

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