Dortmund's Axel Witsel: "Feel like a new player" - Kicker
How many faces Axel Witsel still knew when he arrived on Thursday in the training camp of Borussia Dortmund is not tradition. We should not have been very many. The coaching team around Marco Rose is new to him, as well as the freshly obliged Donyell, Gregor Kobel, Adboulaye Kamara and Soumaila Coulibaly, as well as much of the numerous U-19 and U-23 players who accompany the BVB this time.
Witsel: "It was a long time without the team"
Yes, one can certainly say that since Witsels has been a long match for Borussia in January, as he ripped the Achilles tendon in Leipzig, a lot done at the BVB. "I feel as if I were a new player," Witsel then admits as he passes the BVB on Friday in the daily media round of BVB. "It was a long time without the team. I have not seen most of the boys and from the staff for six months. All the happier I am to be here again."
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On Thursday, the EM holiday of Belgian ended. That he even got him, borders a small medical miracle. In January, when Witsel had to be operated, the European Championship did not play a role in his planning, reveals the 32-year-old on Friday. At the end of March, however, when he could start right with the rehab, "I believed that I can do it to the European Championship - and thank goodness I did it too".
Of course that was not. Not, that he would take over a supporting role in the Belgian team again. He completed four games at the continental finals, which ended for Belgium with a quarterfinal defeat against later European champion Italy. The last three of them over the full distance. And as he says, "without any pain". The holiday after it was well deserved.
Unlike his teammates Emre Can, Raphael Guerreiro and Mats Hummels, which brought smaller and larger blessures to Switzerland, Witsel wants to intervene immediately. On Saturday, according to his own statement, he could stand the first time with the team in the square. There is no time to lose overlooking the mandatory position in the cup against Wehen-Wiesbaden a week later.
Witsel has a "very good feeling" at Rose
At his new coach Rose, Witsel has a "very good feeling" after the first joint conversations. The Routinian, whose contract expires at the end of the season, has not hidden that the intensity in training is high, rose requires a lot. "Anders" is the feeling compared to the preparations in the years before. Witsel is only right as his captain Marco Reus also takes great goals. "Everyone," he says, "wants to be a champion." But the team must become more constant, show fewer wave movements. "We can not even play great and then not so good twice again. Our most important task will be to hold up the level over the entire season. If we succeed, we can achieve great."
His teammates are doing well to hear on the 32-year-olds. At least since his lightning comeback to the euro, Witsel may attest that he knows what he's talking about.
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