The short passing game was called for as Werder players trained their usual system in heavy snowfall Thursday afternoon - not that anything else would have been possible...
The short passing game was called for as Werder players trained their usual system in heavy snowfall Thursday afternoon - not that anything else would have been possible...
The short passing game was called for as Werder players trained their usual system in heavy snowfall Thursday afternoon - not that anything else would have been possible. Definitely out of the final match of the first half against Kaiserslautern will be Claudio Pizarro and suspended Hugo Almeida. The Peruvian Pizarro will be kept out of the 17th game day by muscular problems. "He had a muscular reaction after the game in Dortmund," said head coach Thomas Schaaf at the midday press conference. "His playing would be a risk that he could later miss more time. We want to give him enough time to really get healthy."
While Pizarro remains out, defender Dominik Schmidt was back on the training grounds. He passed a muscular test on Wednesday and also braved the snow on Thursday. "I feel really good again and don't have any problems or pain," said the 23-year-old Schmidt after training. About striker Marko Arnautovic, Schaaf said: "It looks like it will work out that he can be on hand and be in the roster on Saturday."
