Werder fans joke over Vuskovic injury: “Will be jabbed fit” | OneFootball

Will he play, or won’t he? At HSV, much ahead of the North derby against Werder Bremen revolves around the fitness of Luka Vuskovic.

The defensive leader had already missed the away match at VfB Stuttgart due to a knee bruise. Against the Swabians, it once again became clear just how important the young Croatian is to the Rothosen defense. Without Vuskovic as the central pillar of the back three, his teammates were completely overwhelmed throughout the full 90 minutes.

That makes it all the more important from HSV’s point of view that the 19-year-old regains fitness in time for the crucial North derby against Werder Bremen (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.). But as things stand, that is anything but certain. “Of course it will be tight. There’s no question about that when a player isn’t on the pitch on Tuesday and there’s a match on Saturday,” head coach Merlin Polzin also admitted.

He continued: “We have to take it day by day. He is being examined very closely and treated intensively. I’ll remain optimistic until kickoff, we’re trying everything.”

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Werder supporters take a swipe at the Vuskovic brothers

On the Weser, 125 kilometers away, HSV’s great anxiety over Vuskovic is naturally being followed very closely. After all, a possible absence of the Bundesliga’s second-best tackler (69.2%) would significantly increase the chances of a Bremen derby win.

Meanwhile, some green-and-white fans suspect that their northern rivals would use unfair methods to get their key player back on track. “Following old family tradition, I think he’ll be injected fit,” one user wrote on X , alluding to the Mario Vuskovic case.

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Luka’s brother, who is six years older, has been serving a four-year ban from training and playing since November 15, 2022, due to doping. During a training inspection on September 16, 2022, NADA detected the substance erythropoietin (EPO). Vuskovic has unsuccessfully maintained his innocence ever since and will only be allowed to return to competitive action in November.

So the 24-year-old will miss the upcoming North derby. Whether his brother can at least make it back onto the pitch in time will likely only be decided in the coming days. At the moment, however, the outlook is not especially promising. Because Vuskovic also missed training on Wednesday!

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