On Thursday evening, Oliver Glasner’s worries were still great, but on Friday afternoon it looked a little different when it came to the question of whether Maxence Lacroix and Josip Brekalo in the first away game of the new Bundesliga on Sunday evening (6 p.m.) Season at SC Freiburg. Both central defender Lacroix and winger Brekalo have hope that they can play in the duel between VfL Wolfsburg and the Breisgau club.
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While Brekalo was not there because of a foot injury in the 2-0 Europa League qualifying against Desna Chernihiv on Thursday evening, Lacroix had to go down after 62 minutes, he was beaten. The newcomer was then examined on Friday. Glasner: “Fortunately, it’s not a structural injury, there is a very good chance that he will be available for Freiburg“It’s similar with Brekalo. The Croatian international trained individually on Friday,”but he was also much better from the pain point “.
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The coach is happy about that, especially since VfL already has three long-term absences in the squad with Kevin Mbabu (knee), William (not yet fit after cruciate ligament rupture) and Marin Pongracic (Pfeiffer’s glandular fever). Glasner made it clear again before the Freiburg game that something still had to happen in the squad. “It is also clear that as far as our squad is concerned, we should certainly bring in someone else because otherwise it will be tight over the long term”, said the coach and justified this not only with the failures, but also with the many games within a very short time that his professionals have to play in this special season due to Corona.
After the failures of Pongracic and Mbabu, both regular players, Glasner sees a “need for action. I think we will certainly do something about that too.”“Manager Jörg Schmadtke and sports director Marcel Schäfer still have time until October 5th to bring in new players, then the transfer window closes. With Ridle Baki from Mainz, VfL has a versatile defensive man on the hook.
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The second English week for Wolfsburg ends with the Freiburg game, but the physical condition of the team is “on the whole good. The victories help to overcome one or the other ailment,” said the coach, his team from the has brought three wins and one draw in the first four competitive games. What knowledge did the trainer gain there? “It’s already clear to me that we don’t have football fireworks every three days – I don’t expect that either”said the Austrian. However, he expects the team to always go out on the pitch with great passion and give everything to win – “and I am very satisfied because the players do that in every game,” said the 46-year-old.
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Appear as a team and give everything – Glasner wants to see that in Freiburg too. While VfL started the new Bundesliga season with a draw against Bayer Leverkusen, SC won against newly promoted VfB Stuttgart. “The game was a bit split – up to 3-0 they had everything under control and were very efficient. In the end, they were lucky that it didn’t turn out to be a draw“, so Glasner, who describes the SC as a” seasoned group “,” which is strong at home. This is another really good challenge for us – we are looking forward to this game. “A game in which up to 3200 fans are allowed in the Black Forest Stadium. Glasner:” It has been a record for us for six months – it will be nice . “
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