BVB star takes painkillers
Haaland’s foot “was 90 degrees to the leg”
04/14/2022, 6:47 p.m
Things have not been going well for Erling Haaland since his injury from the international match against Armenia, and the BVB striker is still in pain. This is confirmed by coach Marco Rose, according to whom the Norwegian can play. He has to do without other professionals.
Borussia Dortmund goes into the Bundesliga game against VfL Wolfsburg with personnel worries. Coach Marco Rose has to be in the game this Saturday (3.30 p.m./Sky and in the ntv.de live ticker) definitely be without the injured Mats Hummels, Giovanni Reyna, Mahmoud Dahoud and Donyell Malen. Even with Raphael Guerreiro “the tendency is that we have to do without him,” said Rose on Thursday. Nico Schulz, on the other hand, is available again.
Top star Erling Haaland can also play. However, according to Rose, the Norwegian is still feeling the effects of his ankle injury from the game with the national team against Armenia at the end of March. “Erling can’t be pain-free yet. I was sent a photo: the foot was 90 degrees to the leg,” said Rose. Haaland had scored two goals in the 9-0 win against Armenia, but fell over with the second goal and was hit in the ankle, which is why he had to be substituted at half-time.
It’s not ideal, but it’s getting better. “Nevertheless, it will keep him busy for a few more weeks. If there’s something on the tape apparatus, on the capsule, and it’s constantly being stressed, then it does something to the body.” The treatment must be coordinated with him: “We can’t push the boy into the tube if he doesn’t want it for himself,” said Rose, adding: “He trained for the week, he bites his teeth, takes then maybe a tablet before the game and then that should work,” he said of the painkillers that are probably necessary.
Rose doesn’t want to take the next week’s Bundesliga summit at FC Bayern Munich into account in his line-up against Wolfsburg. Emre Can, Axel Witsel and Marius Wolf would be banned with the next yellow card. They should not be spared.