Slowly but surely, SV Werder’s injury list is being reduced. Florian Grillitsch and Theodor Gebre Selassie returned to Green-White team training on Thursday morning. Grillitsch has fully recovered from his pulled muscle and Gebre Selassie has got over his ankle problem.
“I am very pleased to be able to train with the boys again“, said Grillitsch, who will complete a reduced training programme over the next few days. The Austrian, who had just recovered from an ear infection when he suffered the injury, will not take part in every team training session. “When I received the diagnosis, I was really disappointed. The timing was very annoying because it meant that I would miss the whole of pre-season. But now I am happy to be back”, says Grillitsch. The 20-year-old did not want to predict when he would be back at full fitness: “We are taking it day by day and seeing how much progress I make.”
Right-back Gebre Selassie has been a spectator for a much shorter period of time, and he only missed out on the clashes with Chelsea and SV Meppen. Accordingly, Gebre Selassie is also counting on a speedy comeback. “I hope that I can get involved in the game against Ingolstadt on Saturday”, says Gebre Selassie.
