It was the first and final session - Friday's final training before the Stuttgart match on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. was the first and at the same time last session with the entire team. One of the last of the 14 international players...
It was the first and final session - Friday's final training before the Stuttgart match on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. was the first and at the same time last session with the entire team. One of the last of the 14 international players...
It was the first and final session - Friday's final training before the Stuttgart match on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. was the first and at the same time last session with the entire team. One of the last of the 14 international players to return from their national team duty was Aleksandar Ignjovski - after a 13-hour trip from Cyprus.
"It's not easy to travel so many hours twice, but we are all professionals and know that. I used every free minute to rest - sleeping, drinking a lot and just keep resting. I am fit," said the Serbian. And Ignjovski does not see the extremely short preparation time for the 21st Bundesliga game day as a negative. "Stuttgart have - just like us - a lot of international players who also have long trips behind them. Both teams have the same conditions," said Ignjovski.
After sitting out their yellow-red card suspensions against Hannover, both Marko Arnautovic and Clemens Fritz will be available to head coach Thomas Schaaf against Stuttgart. The coach had plenty to choose from for the roster against Stuttgart.
These 18 players will take the 5 p.m. flight to Stuttgart:
Mielitz, Strebinger - Pavlovic, Lukimya, De Bruyne, Arnautovic, Fritz, Ekici, Elia, Schmitz, Hunt, Prödl, Junuzovic, Ignjovski, Akpala, Sokratis, Gebre Selassie and Petersen.
