Marco Reus is considered the unlucky man of the German national team. After missing two major tournaments due to injury, the BVB captain is now running out of time until the World Cup in Qatar.
The many autograph hunters at Dortmund Airport waited in vain for their darling.
Marco Reus was also missing on the trip to the last group game in the Champions League on Wednesday in the Danish capital (9 p.m. / DAZN). Because moving into the round of 16 is already certain, the Bundesliga club can easily get over the lack of the captain this time. But for the 33-year-old veteran himself, the ongoing downtime is becoming more and more of a problem. Without match practice, it will be difficult for Reus to get a place in the squad for the Winter World Cup in Qatar.
Edin Terzic is in good spirits that Reus will be spared another major tournament this time and has announced an early comeback. “Marco completed the entire training session yesterday, but it wasn’t enough. He will return to team training on Thursday with the big goal of being back in the squad against Bochum on Saturday,” said the BVB coach on Tuesday the final training in Copenhagen.
DFB unlucky
Reus has been considered unlucky in the DFB selection in recent years. He missed both the World Cup triumph of the German team in 2014 and the semi-finals at the European Championship two years later in France due to injuries. The attacking midfielder gave up last year’s European Championship to give his injury-prone body a break.
That seemed to pay off until Reus suffered a ligament injury in his ankle in the Revierderby against Schalke (1-0) in mid-September. Quick forecasts that only a short break was imminent did not come true. The first comeback attempt a month later in the game at Union Berlin (0:2) caused a setback.
nomination uncertain
Nevertheless, according to media reports, Reus is said to have been on the most recent list of 55 players that national coach Hansi Flick had to send to the world association FIFA by October 21. However, it seems more and more uncertain whether he will also belong to the group of 26 professionals who will finally be nominated for the tournament on November 10th. After the loss for the Dortmund game in Copenhagen, Reus can only recommend himself for a place in the World Cup in the Bundesliga games against Bochum and in Wolfsburg. The last game of his team before the World Cup break in Mönchengladbach will only take place one day after the nomination.
In view of the short preparation before the start of the tournament, Flick should hardly rely on players with a large training deficit. “We hope that everyone we have in mind will be fit,” said the national coach recently. So things could get tight for Reus.
Source: Stern
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