Werder practices without youngsters

Head coach Thomas Schaaf played the ball to his players himself on Tuesday.
First Team
Tuesday, 03.04.2012 / 13:18

The remaining 16 players at training on Tuesday went after things intensively and with loads of motivation at the Weser Stadium training grounds. In addition to Naldo and Philip Bargfrede, who both suffered...

The remaining 16 players at training on Tuesday went after things intensively and with loads of motivation at the Weser Stadium training grounds. In addition to Naldo and Philip Bargfrede, who both suffered injuries against Mainz, Sokratis also was missing training with knee problems. Sebastian Boenisch was complaining about back problems and also sat out of training.

Head coach Thomas Schaaf also had to do without youngsters Florian Hartherz, Tom Trybull and Niclas Füllkrug - but for a positive reason. "The guys are at a performance test with the (German) U19 national team," said Schaaf after training. Green-Whites management let the trio head out of town despite the tight personnel situation. "There is no reason to be against that. It's important for the guys to do something so that they are ready for the nomination to the European Championships," said the coach. Hartherz, Trybull and Füllkrug will be back along the Weser Tuesday evening.

Aaron Hunt meanwhile is making advancements. The midfielder returned to running training about two weeks ago. And he trained with the ball for the first time on Tuesday with Tim Borowski, Marko Arnautovic, Levent Aycicek and Predrag Stevanovic. "We didn't really do that much today but I didn't have any pain," said Hunt. "We will continue so the next two or three days and then see how things develop." While Hunt and company were practicing with the ball, Sebastian Prödl arrived at the training grounds somewhat later and completed a running session.

Schaaf will call Pizarro, Fritz and co. back to the training grounds at 3:30 p.m.

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