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Schalke can better third place finish: Chinedu Obasi

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The striker has admitted that his side can go on to better their third place finish last term, and is confident of a quick return from injury.
Die Knappen finished the previous season in third place on the Bundesliga standings table and qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stages. The former German Cup winners are aiming to win the league this time around and
have strengthened the team with the additions of Roman Neustadter and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tranquillo-Barnetta-c35516.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chinedu-Obasi-c8927, who has been out with a knee injury since last December, is hopeful that he makes a strong comeback in the upcoming season after being on the sidelines for the past few months. The striker admitted that he played
through pain for most of the precious campaign, but is now satisfied with his fitness.
The Nigerian international is confident that his side can move further up on the standings table in the upcoming campaign and insisted that the team is well capable of achieving the feat.
“Obviously I want to improve my performance this season and I'm confident I can do that. It's not easy to play football when you're in pain but I gritted my teeth and carried on. We're all very ambitious and want to win as many
games as possible. Third place last season was a good result and we want to reaffirm that,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
The 26-year-old is targeting a swift recovery in the next few weeks and is hopeful of making his way back in to the team. The player wants to cement his place in the starting XI amid tough competition for places in the squad.
“That's really tough and no fun at all but I'm trying to make the best of it. My training programme is bringing me on. I see it all like a competition with the goal of finding my way back into the team,” he concluded.
Chinedu Obasi will get his fair share of chances to perform for the first team in the upcoming term after the departure of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Raul-c30652 at the end of the previous campaign.

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