The Black Yellows have suffered a couple of injuries as they will host Schalke over the weekend, and will hope that their stars recover before the crucial clash against their arch-rivals.
Borussia Dortmund team trainer Jurgen Klopp has commented that he is mulling over the fitness of a number of star players ahead of their league game against Schalke. The Ruhr derby will take place on Saturday at the Signal Iduna
Park as they are getting ready to face Huub Stevens’ side.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jakub-Blaszczykowski-c17616 is set to miss the clash due to an ankle problem, while the young attacking midfielder Mario Gotze is also expected to be out of contention for the match. This will be a big blow
for the BVB as both the players were in great form in the German League.
Moreover, defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Republic-of-Ireland-c2987. Furthermore,
Turkish international Ilkay Gundogan is also a cause for concern.
The head coach further added that he needs to be patient. The young starlet Gotze told Klopp that he will recover from the knock in time for the clash. Gundogan also practiced yesterday after a gap of two weeks with the squad,
and looked like he would be back for the Schalke match but the manager will need to wait.
"I have to be patient," Klopp was quoted as saying in an interview.
"After [Gotze]'s 25-minute cameo on Tuesday, I received a text message from him, which said: 'My thigh will heal soon'," the 2012 German Football Manager of the Year added.
"Ilkay has trained yesterday for the first time since two weeks with the team, it actually looked quite good. Now we have to wait," the former Mainz 05 striker finally concluded.
However, Klopp conceded that his side will be looking forward to get another three points against their fiercest rivals, as they have the edge of playing in front of their own crowd and is aware of the threat posed by Schalke.
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