virus: “He will play Saturday”
Doucouré was actually supposed to be used on the last regional league match day against SV Rödinghausen. However, the game was canceled due to the weather. “So let’s try again now. He will play on Saturday”said Borussia’s sporting director Roland Virkus at a press conference on Thursday. “And then you see how he got out of the injury. I was able to see him myself in the U23s in a game against Borussia Dortmund II. He was by far the best and most conspicuous player on the pitch. And I would I’m happy when the boy comes back like this. But of course it’s also clear that an injury like that does something to you.”
According to Virkus, a lack of self-motivation is not a problem, on the contrary: “The boy is hot. We have to slow him down sometimes,” said Max Eberl’s successor. “He wants to get back on the pitch as soon as possible and he wants to play. Sometimes you want something too quickly that maybe should wait.”
Hütter: “An absolutely positive boy”
The time of suffering is that “which at the end of the day just weighs on the shoe”said coach Hütter. “He really is an absolutely positive boy who also has great quality and wants to show that, but is always thrown back.” The game cancellation against Rödinghausen was the most recent example, said Hütter. “All I wish for him now is that the game takes place and that he comes out of the game uninjured.”
If that works, Doucouré could possibly be back on the professional bench in Gladbach this season – and then perhaps be used. Breel Embolo would probably be happy about that.