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Nuri Sahin, coach of Barcelona's next Champions League rival, is "happy to see his striker and Brandt training very well".
Karim Adeyemi is preparing for his return to the pitch. One of the star strikers of Borussia Dortmund, FC Barcelona's next opponent in the sixth round of the Champions League, was injured at the beginning of October when he suffered a fibrillar tear in his right thigh on the day he scored a hat-trick against Celtic Glasgow (7-1). Since then, the 22-year-old winger has not played in Borussia Dortmund's last 11 games, 7 of them in the Bundesliga, 1 in the Cup and 3 in European competition, including the visit to Real Madrid, which ended in a German defeat. Next Wednesday, the 11th (9pm), at Signal Iduna Park, Borussia will host Barça.
The winger has returned to team training ahead of the away game at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday (18:30/Sky), according to his coach Nuri Sahin. "He did surprisingly well for someone who is training with the team for the first time," said Sahin. In the 8 games he had played this season before getting injured, Adeyemi had scored 5 goals and provided 5 assists, with the German international particularly inspired in continental competition, having scored 3 goals and 1 assist during the 135 minutes he played in the 2 games he took part in.
It is also very likely that German international playmaker Julian Brandt will return to action after his muscle injury. "Unfortunately, two of the lads, Donny Malen and Julian Ryerson, have been a bit ill. But we assume they will be fine for the weekend," said the BVB coach. Centre-back Waldemar Anton, on the other hand, will miss the game against M'Gladbach and then the Champions League game against FC Barcelona due to a muscle injury. "He's someone who never wants to admit when something goes wrong," said Sahin about Anton. The defender will be replaced by captain Emre Can or Niklas Süle.
The Bundesliga match on Saturday (18.30 CET) against Borussia Mönchengladbach is the last test before Borussia Dortmund welcome Barça to their feared stadium. Fifth in the Bundesliga table, with 20 points out of a possible 36 and 10 behind leaders Bayern Munich, Sahin's team is fourth in the Champions League, with precisely the same 12 points as third-placed FC Barcelona.
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