Union is on course for the Champions League in the Bundesliga. One reason for this: Despite the triple burden of the league, European Cup and Cup, there have hardly been any injuries so far. Coach Urs Fischer (55) was always able to draw on the full.
For the first half of the Bundesliga season, the fussball Hurt.com website calculated that Union’s 30 players were the least absent with an average of just 13.6 days per professional. Goalkeeper Andreas Luthe (34) confirms: “There are definitely fewer downtimes than I have experienced in my career. That helps the team.”
Fischer has a surprising explanation for the robustness of his players – namely the triple load of all things. Because of this, Union attaches great importance to regeneration. Fischer: “You don’t have that many training sessions in which players can also injure themselves.”
Interesting. However, Borussia Dortmund also played in three competitions and is in last place with 47.64 lost days per player. So what could be the reason for Union’s low susceptibility to injury?
Fischer: “It has to do with the individual controls and also with the players themselves. The coaching team and the medical department also have their share.” Fischer trusts his employees – and listens to them. Fitness trainer Martin Krüger (42) controls the workload of the pros and orders individual breaks if it is too high.
President Dirk Zingler (57) recently said, slightly exaggerated: “Krüger and not Fischer decides whether we train for 80 or 100 minutes, whether the players run out after a game or not.” Currently, only new signing Andras Schäfer (22) is affected – who brought with his injury from Streda.
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Curious: In order to avoid danger, Union even weakened the traditional birthday ritual: the person celebrating the anniversary is no longer shot at by everyone, but only thrown at. Fischer: “It was too extreme. We are now being more careful with the birthday boy.”
The numbers prove Union right.