"Iggy", "Memo" out against Wolfsburg

Mehmet Ekici and Aleksandar Ignjovski did not make it to the 18-man squad while Sokratis did.
First Team
Friday, 19.04.2013 / 18:42

Aleksandar Ignjovski and Mehmet Ekici were not nominated for SV Werder's home match against Wolfsburg (Saturday, starting at 6:15 p.m. in live ticker on WERDER.DE). "Neither of them were far enough along...

Aleksandar Ignjovski and Mehmet Ekici were not nominated for SV Werder's home match against Wolfsburg (Saturday, starting at 6:15 p.m. in live ticker on WERDER.DE). "Neither of them were far enough along," said Werder coach Thomas Schaaf after the final training Friday afternoon. Schaaf meanwhile can count on five others who returned to training this week - Clemens Fritz, Sokratis, Aaron Hunt, Lukas Schmitz and Nils Petersen.

"They are also fit enough that they could also play tomorrow. Altogether, that increases our possibilities. Now we can react again in one way or another," said the coach about the additional options. The player who was sitting out the longest was Fritz as the captain broke both his collarbone and ribs in the away match against Borussia Mönchengladbach on the 25th game day. Schaaf said that Sokratis "held back a little bit" in the good 60-minute session. The Greek international only returned to the team on Thursday after his adductors problems.

Despite Ignjovski returning to training on Friday, the 22-year-old was not nominated. "Iggy" was hit with a stomach virus on Tuesday. Ekici also couldn't make the final game squad as he returned to team training on Wednesday after dealing with adductors problems for two weeks.

Schaaf nominated these 18 players after the final training ahead of the match against Wolfsburg: Mielitz, Strebinger - Pavlovic, Lukimya, De Bruyne, Arnautovic, Fritz, Elia, Schmitz, Hunt, Prödl, Junuzovic, Kroos, Sokratis, Gebre Selassie, Petersen, Yildirim, Bargfrede.

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