Touré before reception
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VfB Stuttgart plagues considerable personnel problems in defense before the away game at Holstein Kiel. He assumes that all six central defenders from his squad will not be available for the game on Saturday (3:30 p.m.), said coach Sebastian Hoeneß.
In addition to the long-term injured Dan-Axel Zagadou, the Bundesliga club also lacks Finn Jeltsch due to a yellow lock and Jeff Chabot and Luca Jaquez. In the game of the second team at Arminia Bielefeld (1: 4), Anrie Chase suffered a muscle fiber tear in the Adductor area last weekend. The game in Kiel is probably too early for the Ameen Al-Dakhil, which was damaged on the thigh, Hoeneß said.
The VfB coach plans to order the full-back Leonidas Stergiou and Ramon Hendriks to the defense center. It was a “very, very important game” for the Stuttgart, said Hoeneß. After just four points from the past six games, they are only a table. Kiel is the penultimate, but recently won 1-0 at 1. FC Union Berlin.
Official man El Bilal Touré may be returning to VfB’s squad after a break in the midfoot suffered in November. The 23-year-old was “on the right track,” said Hoeneß.
