Among the players was returnee Aaron Hunt, who took on preparations with his teammates for the Schalke match after overcoming his infection. The 24-year-old used the weekend off to get back to full strength and work intensively on the next task at hand.
Denni Avdic also returned entirely unscathed Monday afternoon. The Swedish striker was hit a number of times in the face in the Friday night match in Frankfurt and had to be subbed out after 26 minutes. "I am doing a lot better," said Avdic, who did not worry too much about things over the weekend. "Something like that can happen, but I'm not going to think about it anymore. Luckily I wasn't injured seriously," said Avdic. Still the Swede quarrelled that he had to leave the pitch with a bruised cheekbone. "It was unfortunate and sad for me that I had to be taken out so early because it was another chance to showcase myself." Instead he showed himself at the afternoon training as the 22-year-old excelled with his coolness in front of goal and scored a few times.