The same goes for Max Kruse and Philipp Bargfrede, both of whom celebrated a promising comeback against Osnabrück. “We have to monitor how both of them deal with burdens that come with being back in action, but we are very optimistic,” said Nouri, who may also recall Izet Hajrovic and Thanos Petsos after they recently returned from the international break. Both are currently undergoing regeneration training.
Florian Grillitsch, Zlatko Junuzovic and Milos Veljkovic were also back on the pitch on Tuesday morning, having all pulled out of their national teams with minor injuries and were able to completely regain their fitness in Bremen. However the Green-Whites head coach must continue to be patient with yet another group of three, namely Luca Caldirola, Justin Eilers and Lamine Sané, who are still only able to train individually.
Jaroslav Drobny is also yet to return to first-team training. Nouri has concluded that the club will have to “wait and see when he is ready.” Nouri went on to say that it is not yet clear whether he will return on Wednesday, Thursday or at a later date.