http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shinji-Okazaki-c33366 doubtful starters against Monchengladbach - Bundesliga news
Versatile http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfB-Stuttgart-c40879 midfielder, Martin Harnik, and striker, Shinji Okazaki, have become doubtful for the club’s next game against Borussia Monchengladbach. The two teams are due to lock horns on Saturday, August 13, at Borussia-Park.
Both players received knocks while on international duty and Stuttgart coach http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-c8098 Labbadia was concerned regarding the condition of two of his first team starters.
Labbadia mentioned that he won’t rule out the duo’s participation from Saturday’s game and will wait late for the final verdict regarding the player’s fitness. He confirmed that the medical staff has been working extremely hard to get the players fit as
they are important to Stuttgart’s cause.
Harnik was on international duty with the Austrian national side where he injured his shoulder and had to come off in the second half against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Slovakia-c3007. Okazaki, meanwhile, suffered from a calf strain while playing against South Korea in an international
friendly.
Stuttgart made a winning start to their 2011/12 campaign, beating Schalke 04 by a 3-0 margin. Both Harnik and Okazaki registered their names on the score sheet in the 56th and 89th minute respectively. Monchengladbach, on the other
hand, upset one of the title contenders, Bayern Munich, at Allianz Arena.
The Foals’ coach, Lucien Favre, has urged his team to stay focus ahead of the Saturday’s encounter, demanding his side to forget about last week’s victory over Bayern and concentrate on the current assignment. The manager hoped for a better campaign this
time around and is confident about his team’s chances against Stuttgart later this evening.
While talking to the local press, Monchengladbach manager Favre enthused, "We should not forget that we ended the season in 16th place. So every game for us will be as hard as the first one [against Bayern]. We will have to fight for every single point again
this season.”
Harnik has 10 goals for his club so far from 33 league appearances while Okazaki has three goals to his name from 13 league matches until now.
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